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The soup, thin and dark and utterly savorless, tasted as if it had been drained out of the umbrella stand.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Stand
Drained
Food
Tasted
Dark
Umbrella
Soup
Culinary
Utterly
Thin
Cooking

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