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At heart, each of them was secretly wondering whether he could not somehow turn Jones's misfortune to his own advantage. 🔊

And when the human beings listened to it, they secretly trembled, hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom. 🔊

Suddenly, early in the spring, an alarming thing was discovered. Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night! 🔊

Without any further prompting they confessed that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over Animal Farm to Mr. Frederick. 🔊

Even the tune of Beasts of England was perhaps hummed secretly here and there: at any rate, it was a fact that every animal on the farm knew it, though no one would have dared to sing it aloud. 🔊

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