She pulled down the veil, saying hastily, 'It was mostly to keep off the wind.

她把面纱拉了下来，急忙说，“我戴面纱主要是为了挡风的。”

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At dawn, the night is gone, the lamp is off, the wind stopped, I smiled.

天亮了，夜走了，灯灭了，风停了，我笑了。

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Pieces of gypsum broke off. The wind wore them away to a size small enough to pick up and carry for short distances.

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"None at all Frank, none at all, " he says, grinning, as he skis off into the wind.

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