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I Think She Had a Husband Once

I think she had a husband once, an uncle stated firmly. I don’t think so argued her cousin, we call him M.T. Wormly. Where would he be? Asked grandma, looking at her crochet hooks. I guess he’d probably be dead, smothered beneath these awful books.

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Date: 11/30/2022 12:12:00 PM
I take it she was a voracious reader!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/3/2022 7:02:00 PM
A hoarder of books!

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