The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, a…

William Faulkner
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The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was another cunning stroke on the part of the foe, the fresh battle toward which he was carrying ancient wounds. ✨ William Faulkner (2016). The Sound and the Fury (Third International Edition) (Norton Critical Editions), p.150, W. W. Norton & Company
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