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equator_47_twain_64kb_0009	[ { "end": 19.087, "start": 0.009, "text": [ "some accident had awakened the suspicion in him that these smooth friends who had been petting and coddling him and making him feel so safe and so fortunate after his forlorn and lonely wanderings were the dreaded thugs and now their ghastly invitation t...	[ [ [ 2943, 3108, 3149, 3108, 517, 1614, 4025, 1199, 344, 55, 1387, 870, 81, 1789, 3148, 3423, 3588, 685, 3334, 1549, 1208, 1442, 2779, 3714, 1809, 246, ...	41.76
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equator_59_twain_64kb_0020	[ { "end": 18.729, "start": 0.009, "text": [ "those details are correct the figures which I have placed after them represent quite fairly their individual values. Then why, as a whole, do they convey a false impression to the reader? It is because the reader, beguiled by his heated imagination, mass...	[ [ [ 4007, 1051, 1893, 3564, 476, 4008, 2325, 1175, 821, 990, 3375, 585, 2979, 2820, 2562, 1120, 356, 1358, 3201, 1967, 2808, 4038, 1495, 1330, 1734, 3537, ...	58.16
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