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"At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova."
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"Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway."
"At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova."
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