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My daughter, I said blankly. I see. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought it took a man, as well as a woman, to make a child. Is this infant's father to be a crab, or a seagull maybe? Or were you planning to shipwreck some likely sailor on my doorstep, so I can make convenient use of him?

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
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Dunedin
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