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,,«:*§£###      my warm-coffee-in-cold-snow...      ###£§*:«,,
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,,,«::§§§£ you    must   not    spend    at    all. £§§§::«,,,
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,,,,,,«*§# weeks  earlier, in the weak autumn dawn, #§*«,,,,,,
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,,«:*§£### burning  with  a  deep   crimson  flame, ###£§*:«,,
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