Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world co…

Mark Helprin
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Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.291, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well. ✨ Mark Helprin (1983). Winter's Tale, p.291, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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