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” Paul hesitates, as if he’s looking for the right words. I was beginning again with Katie, relearning her, loving her alone. No one has done something like this before. left a crypt of treasures beneath a forgotten forest—rests on the much more basic impossibility that a book

“I think I made a breakthrough over the summer. She's lovely andwill glow in even the highest court circles. ” He doesn’t understand. “It’s the best I can do on short notice.