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saw the door had been moved

I tried to call I thought I had shouted but I'm

sure it was barely louder than a whisper Finally, after

what must have been another hour or so, she came

into the rooer in her business suit,

but what I saas so weird I thought I was

surely still locked in a dream

Aunt Victoria seemed to float past me She was

wearing only a thin negligee

She was very slender and I could see her ribs

outlined under the skin She turned and raised her

ar them frozen in the air for a moment

before dropping thee

dance The smile on her face was so different It

looked irl's smile of joy