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...she opened the door very slowly and carefully, half hiding behind it, as if badly frightened of what might be waiting for her on the other side. And considering that it was me waiting, this showed rare common sense.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Miami
Florida
Jeffry P. Freundlich
Jeffry P. Lindsay
Waiting
Slowly
Common
Rare
Showed
Half
Door
Considering
Sense
Doors
Carefully
Might
Behinds
Badly
Behind
Hiding
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Opened
Sides
Frightened

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