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They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.

Ellis Peters

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Ellis Peters
Age: 82 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 28
Died: 1995
Died: October 14
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