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RV 199 (BUDDENBROOKS) few paces across the gravel to the white stone steps that went up to the dining-room. At the foot of these, the old man bent at the knee-joints. His head fell so heavily on his breast that the lower jaw clashed against the upper. His eyes rolled&mdash;grew dim; Lebrecht Kröger, the gallant, the cavalier à-la-mode, had joined his fathers.

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