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Death from eating too much. After all, so I'm told, there are those who die of loving
too much. Today's big discovery: the childish, impudent pleasure of licking my
fingers smeared with honey, jam, cream of chestnuts, butterscotch, fruit yogurt, ...
Death from eating too much. After all, so I'm told, there are those who die of loving
too much. Today's big discovery: the childish, impudent pleasure of licking my
fingers smeared with honey, jam, cream of chestnuts, butterscotch, fruit yogurt, ...
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A gray mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows, thus drawing a curtain over
the outside world. I was surrounded by the sweet warmth of fruit tarts and
chocolates. The Tatin sisters loved me. Outside had ceased to exist. I should
have liked ...
A gray mist soon clouded up the tearoom windows, thus drawing a curtain over
the outside world. I was surrounded by the sweet warmth of fruit tarts and
chocolates. The Tatin sisters loved me. Outside had ceased to exist. I should
have liked ...
Page 72
Cans of fruit salad and cream of chestnuts floated around me, an aerial merry-go-
round jammed into my tiny room, and I tried to grab the ring that buys an extra
ride. The carrousel stopped suddenly, however, its whirling interrupted by the ...
Cans of fruit salad and cream of chestnuts floated around me, an aerial merry-go-
round jammed into my tiny room, and I tried to grab the ring that buys an extra
ride. The carrousel stopped suddenly, however, its whirling interrupted by the ...
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