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........,= YOU    MUST   NOT    SPEND    AT    ALL. =,........
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.......... WEEKS EARLIER, IN THE WEAK AUTUMN  DAWN, ..........
........., IN THE  BLUE-GRAY  FOG...  SOMETHING  IS ,.........
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