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He was obviously a very arrogant ragamuffin, and younger than she was, to boot. And he was wearing a necromancer's bells! Apart from that, he was quite handsome, which was another black mark as far as she was concerned.

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Garth Nix
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Garth Richard Nix
Necromancer
Apart
Boot
Obviously
Mark
Handsome
Concerned
Bells
Quite
Arrogant
Black
Boots
Another
Wearing
Younger

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