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... childhood," he confided. It was a strange thing to tell a lady he had just met, but he seemed to sense a kindred spirit. "My lungs were not strong. So it was hard for me to go outside and play with the other boys. Since then... reading has become my hobby. My life, really."

Ines felt a wave of sympathy. She knew that life. She knew the four walls of a sickroom. She knew the longing to be part of the world, and the comfort of finding a world inside a book instead.

"So... you were ...

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