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1 This unexpected defection forced Louis of Tarentum to retire to Naples.
2 And now Camusot's unexpected defection had thrown everything out.
3 The French had accounted for this unexpected defection on the part of their ally in various ways.
4 The rest had reckoned with so much certainty upon him that his unexpected defection rendered the whole meeting nugatory.
5 Jenison abruptly left the group and strode out upon the porch, leaving the others to puzzle themselves over his unexpected defection .
6 But there are sudden and unexpected defections ; there is a steady pull of the heart cityward, which it is hard to resist.
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