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ld, and the more she had seen of that handsome man's behaviorthe more she had grown to respect her ungainly husband. There are blood-colored stains on the cuffs of his clothes. “You know what Charlie told me?” he says, staring at the marks in the snow. “So are you,” she said, staring me up and down.

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