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I'm not going to wear a red dress, she said. It would look stunning, My Lady, she called. She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Wish
Dinner
Stunning
Look
Surface
Bubbles
Wear
Spokes
Looks
Called
Spoke
Going
Anyone
Lady
Would
Face
Dress
Faces
Red
Stun
Water
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