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followed, with the specter of a bloody and interminable civil war hanging over their heads, Sybelle and Walter's quarrel was thrust into the background. For Sybelle, the quarrel itself was easily forgottenall except the woman who had fled Walter's tent. He, too, could have put the matter out of his mind completely, except that Sybelle's masterful contributions to all political discussions in her father's house continued to remind him of the incident.

 
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