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Ambrose Bierce - Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the...

Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below. (Ambrose Bierce)

Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.

Ambrose Bierce

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