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authority and then go to the marriage agency to go

through with the formality.)

“I can’t approve your divorce now. To divorce is

not easy. I must look into the matter first and make

sure I really understand it. Then I’ll consider whether

I can approve it. Dwarf used to be a coal worker and

dug coal in the open coal pit all the year round. Once

he was put into the leading post, he had become

highly conceited and gone wild with joy and had

forgotten who he used to be. He had the last say in

the school. He would try all means to persecute

whomever he was disgusted with. Dwarf harboured

resentment against me and always wanted to

persecute me. I knew why.

In the back of our school, there was a small

wood. One Sunday, I was in the office reading an

English book. By 6pm, I was tired from reading and

decided to go into wood to have a stroll. It was the

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