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"As for supper, ere all to join Aunt Queen on the other side of the house where the table was set on the flagstone patio using the newly refurbished wicker

" 'Rebecca's wicker,' I explained to Mona 'Rebecca and I -- it was in a drea in these wicker chairs You'll see ¡¯

"And I'll see too, I thought I'll see if it ht have iined it earlier when I'd wandered out there, so mystified and confused

"As alked on, past the front of the house, as I looked up at the reddened and darkening sky, I felt the panic again

"But I drove it away Ti convivial and I was ready for it

"Quickly I searched for Goblin Come with us, be with us I tried to smile at him, but I think he knew my multitude of fears He could read my face if not my mind "

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"AS SOON AS I SAW the enseain as the setting in ain in a brilliant wave, al my teeth to chatter

"I could hear Rebecca's voice in et dizzy When I had described these dizzy states to the doctors at Mayfair Medical they had spoken of small seizures

"But how could such an explanation account for this -- furniture duplicating that which I had only seen well in a drea

" 'Mona,love,' I said as we approached the table, 'I need you ¡¯

" 'What you needin the world,' she said, 'is to be with Stirling Oliver ' But I could see the passion in her eyes; I could see that she was holding back I could see the evidence of ress with her

" 'And e all need is supper,' said Aunt Queen, who greeted me with a kiss and then planted one on Mona's cheek also

" 'You know, dear,' said Aunt Queen, 'you really are quite beautiful ¡¯