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1 The song ceased: a dreadful consciousness thrust itself like a sword through the heart of the mother.
2 The ground seemed to be rocking under her feet, and a dreadful consciousness of sheer, physical weakness rushed upon her.
3 She would have welcomed the pitfalls which mighty have robbed her of the dreadful consciousness of the disaster which had overwhelmed her.
4 Then I thought him dead, and for the first time the dreadful consciousness of my crime in its true character, came to my mind.
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