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I won't trouble you". She placed them in a bag after I had paid her and said quietly, "so it's like that is it? I smiled weakly, clutching my prized possessions and sai, "yes, do you mind?" Her eyes twinkled and she replied, "no, not at all, and in a whisper, "I don't blame you, I wear them too.

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