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recalled. "Gitl, where are you?" Her voice cracked and,
without meaning to, she began to sob almost sound-
lessly.
Someone's arms went around her and the touch of
skin on skin made her shiver. Everything felt strange,
alien, as if she were on another planet, as if she were
on the moon.
"Gitl?" she whispered to the stranger with the shaved
head who was holding her.
"Yes, child," Gitl answered. "But promise me you
will cry no more before these monsters. We will never
cry again."
"Never," Hannah agreed, wiping her eyes with the
back of her hand and feeling stronger because of the
promise. "Never."

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