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I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire.

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
Nerves
Hot
Fire
Feel
Feels
Curling
Like
Bacon
Embarrassment
Embarrassed

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