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“En mí crecía la sospecha, es verdad que infundada, de que a Pacomio lo había puesto en Ávila la Diputación Provincial para que los ciudadanos nos riéramos en los ratos muertos. O para que nos animáramos en los momentos de aflicción, pensando que peor sería ser él.”

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