13/02/2026 21:48

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After she'd looked at the Rodins she went to the Chinese wing. The sun hadburned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in thewest black-satin thunderheads continued to stack up. Thatmade it younger than Sara Laughs, but not by much. The pleasantries were over, all right.

I raised my hands in the dark and wiped theheels of them up my face to the hairline. And to have her threedays in a row. Doc was red in the face. I'm very sad.