the changes you have described?”

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    ‘ do you mean to do?“

    ‘tant crict regime noitution later in life. ion of strict routine and t stimulates  detrimental to—“

    ‘to t?“

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    ‘And t c, ure could you foresee for her?“

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    t in silence, gazing at try opposite and contemplating ter  out o tself, opiary, stared back at the branches.

    Finally tor spoke. “tion I kno al effects of quite t may be my oest; s. “ o give tion in order to establisate of al and p step.”

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    tor rose from tepped toopiary sed.

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    But opped. .

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    In silence sared back at ransfixed by tainty glimmering in his face.

    to tilt a fraction on its axis, and they each looked awkwardly away.

    ‘ter began.

    ‘ednesday afternoon, peror. ”ednesday afternoon.“ And turned to its proper axis.

    to turn in tor took his leave.

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