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“Jenny seemed to have spacious ideas about disposing of my time. I glanced at the address on her letter: Nantgarrew, near Llanvihangel, Crucorney, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. It would take me several days to pronounce the place, let a lone go to it.”

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Book:Hanging on the Wire
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Book:Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
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