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“Gabrielle se méfie du passé, elle s'en défend ; à son âge, cinquante-huit, bientôt cinquante-neuf ans, une femme a tout à craindre de son passé, les regrets, les remords, la nostalgie, le goût de fer froid des occasions manquées et la marée montante des illusions perdues.”

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