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BUT LET ME DESCRIBE what Edith was wearing on that day we boarded Flight 919 from Casablanca to Melilla, where, fifty or so hours later, she was supposed to be married: a pale-blue cotton blouse with white threading and sanded wood buttons, an oatmeal wool skirt, a camel's-hair coat folded over her arm, cabled stockings, and a pair of sturdy leather schoolgirl shoes, because my sister believed in the erotic possibilities of cloddish, thick-knit, nubbled apparel. Read the first page
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against
alice
always
arm
asked
behind
beneath
between
body
boys
brother
bruno
clifford
cyrus
day
door
down
edith
even
eyes
face
father
find
finger
first
gesina
get
girl
go
going
good
gun
hair
hand
head
heard
home
justin
knew
know
left
let
life
little
look
looked
love
man
maybe
mean
might
mother
mouth
mrs
myself
need
new
nothing
now
old
own
people
person
pitcairn
plane
pulled
put
right
room
sad
say
seat
see
should
side
sister
something
stared
stephen
still
take
tell
thing
think
thought
three
time
told
tom
took
toward
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