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1.1 ! root 1: #print ! 2: The file "memo" contains several paragraphs, ! 3: where a paragraph starts at any line that begins with ! 4: a blank. It is desired to remove those blanks at the beginning ! 5: of lines, and instead mark the paragraphs by inserting ! 6: a line containing only ! 7: ! 8: .PP ! 9: ! 10: before each paragraph. Change the file in that ! 11: way and then rewrite it; then type "ready". ! 12: #create Ref ! 13: The Ascent of the Riffelberg ! 14: by Mark Twain ! 15: ! 16: .PP ! 17: I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said: ! 18: ``My mind is made up.'' ! 19: Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced ! 20: at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled ! 21: perceptibly. He hesitated a moment, then said: ! 22: ``Speak.'' ! 23: .PP ! 24: I answered, with perfect calmness: ! 25: ``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.'' ! 26: .PP ! 27: If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from ! 28: his chair more suddenly. If I had been his father he ! 29: could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my ! 30: purpose. But I turned a deaf ear to all he said. When he ! 31: perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination, ! 32: he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only ! 33: by his sobs. I sat in marble resolution, with my ! 34: eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already ! 35: wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat ! 36: gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears. At ! 37: last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and ! 38: exclaimed in broken tones: ! 39: ``Your Harris will never desert you. We will die together!'' ! 40: .PP ! 41: I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears ! 42: were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure. He ! 43: wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in ! 44: the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody ! 45: was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark ! 46: was not usually made from the village but ! 47: from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside. I ! 48: said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow; ! 49: meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public ! 50: know of the attempt which we proposed to make. ! 51: .PP ! 52: I went to bed, but not to sleep. No man can sleep when ! 53: he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits. I ! 54: tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when ! 55: I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was ! 56: time to get up for dinner. ! 57: #create memo ! 58: The Ascent of the Riffelberg ! 59: by Mark Twain ! 60: ! 61: I sat silent some time, then turned to Harris and said: ! 62: ``My mind is made up.'' ! 63: Something in my tone struck him; and when he glanced ! 64: at my eye and read what was written there, his face paled ! 65: perceptibly. He hesitated a moment, then said: ! 66: ``Speak.'' ! 67: I answered, with perfect calmness: ! 68: ``I WILL ASCEND THE RIFFELBERG.'' ! 69: If I had shot my poor friend he could not have fallen from ! 70: his chair more suddenly. If I had been his father he ! 71: could not have pleaded harder to get me to give up my ! 72: purpose. But I turned a deaf ear to all he said. When he ! 73: perceived at last that nothing could alter my determination, ! 74: he ceased to urge, and for a while the deep silence was broken only ! 75: by his sobs. I sat in marble resolution, with my ! 76: eyes fixed upon vacancy, for in spirit I was already ! 77: wrestling with the perils of the mountains, and my friend sat ! 78: gazing at me in adoring admiration through his tears. At ! 79: last he threw himself upon me in a loving embrace and ! 80: exclaimed in broken tones: ! 81: ``Your Harris will never desert you. We will die together!'' ! 82: I cheered the noble fellow with praises, and soon his fears ! 83: were forgotten and he was eager for the adventure. He ! 84: wanted to summon the guides at once and leave at two in ! 85: the morning, as he supposed the custom was; but I explained that nobody ! 86: was looking at that hour; and that the start in the dark ! 87: was not usually made from the village but ! 88: from the first night's resting-place on the mountainside. I ! 89: said we would leave the village at 3 or 4 p.m. on the morrow; ! 90: meantime he could notify the guides, and also let the public ! 91: know of the attempt which we proposed to make. ! 92: I went to bed, but not to sleep. No man can sleep when ! 93: he is about to undertake one of these Alpine exploits. I ! 94: tossed feverishly all night long, and was glad enough when ! 95: I heard the clock strike half past eleven and knew it was ! 96: time to get up for dinner. ! 97: #user ! 98: #cmp memo Ref ! 99: #log ! 100: #next ! 101: 70.1a 10 ! 102: 70.2a 5
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