Beside it was a ceramic ashtray with a
paddlewheel excursion boat printed on the bottom encircled by the words,
SOUVENIR OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI - HOME OF AMERICAS STORY TELLER! Had she sat
there in her as-yet-unseen-by-him parlor with her mouth open and her eyes wide
as Misery finally realized the truth and made her decision and sneaked off to
Geoffrey? He fled to that well now, like a thirsty animal finding a waterhole
at dusk, and he drank from it; which is to say he found the hole in the paper
and fell thankfully through it. He fled to that well now, like a thirsty animal
finding a waterhole at dusk, and he drank from it; which is to say he found the
hole in the paper and fell thankfully through it. He fled to that well now, like a thirsty animal finding a
waterhole at dusk, and he drank from it; which is to say he found the hole in
the paper and fell thankfully through it. He fled to that well now, like a
thirsty animal finding a waterhole at dusk, and he drank from it; which is to
say he found the hole in the paper and fell thankfully through
it.
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