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Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit! Sophie said. I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!

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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
Scarlet
Suit
Gray
Suits
Refuse
Caught
Believe
Confound
Sophie

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Calcifer, Sophie said, I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you? It would if anyone else broke it, Calcifer said hoarsely. That's why I asked you to do it.
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Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!
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