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Excerpt from The Watchmaker's Daughter and Other Tales
The watchmaker's dark eyes expanded, his teeth set, his breath came with a rush through his nostrils, he gripped his long lean hands until the sharp nails pierced the palms; but when the busybody had concluded her narrative, turned on his heel, and left her without a word of either thanks or rebuke.
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