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Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and he [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it.

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Looked
Comfort
Wanted
Never
Catherine
Henry
Aware

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