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The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left no tidemark: there was no more dirt to rub away. He took a deep breath and shivered. He was David. Everything else was washed away, the camp, its smell, its touch--and now he was David, his own master, free--free as long as he could remain so.

Anne Holm

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Anne Holm
Age: 76 †
Born: 1922
Born: September 10
Died: 1998
Died: December 27
Journalist
Writer
Long
Hand
Smell
Camps
Free
Master
David
Water
Remain
Dirt
Glistened
Left
Touch
Fell
Shivered
Away
Sun
Drop
Wiped
Else
Masters
Knees
Washed
Hands
Took
Breath
Knee
Everything
Deep
Breaths
Camp

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