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She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner! What? She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER! Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Wells
Guests
Well
Sent
Way
Suppose
Dust
Avoid
Dinner
Crows
Blind
Blinding
Coming
Crow

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