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But she had to know words. She had to know everything.


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And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old man. Not properly. Better than that.



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Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.



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To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected.



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Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.



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The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.



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She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence...they don't talk about it much, the poets, but when a woman is intelligent and passionate and good.



For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.

For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.



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Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.





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