They could see the rapids on their right. The swaying of the bus made her sick and weak, and her willpower was failing with her strength. She was afr… - Gabrielle Roy

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They could see the rapids on their right. The swaying of the bus made her sick and weak, and her willpower was failing with her strength. She was afraid of falling into a torpor in which everything would become immaterial to her, and she tensed in an effort to seem gay and even attentive to Emmanuel.

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Gabrielle Roy, CC FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a French Canadian author.

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Alternative Names: Gabrielle Roy‏ Carbout (per LAC)
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Florentine was now no more than a bright patch on the platform. He managed to see her take out her compact and wipe away the few traces of her tears. He closed his eyes and, as if he were already very far away, cherished that image of Florentine and her powder puff. Then he searched the crowd one last time for her thin, small face and her burning eyes. But she had already turned her back to leave before the train was out of sight.

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