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Pour beaucoup d’entre eux, sa voix était le premier son qu’ils eussent jamais entendu, son nom la première parole qu’ils eussent prononcée, son visage le premier sur lequel leur regard se fût posé.
His voice was the first sound that many had ever heard, His name the first word they had ever spoken, His face the first they had ever looked upon.
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