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We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.

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Philippa Gregory
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 9
Novelist
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Kenya's capital
Kate Wedd
Come
Firmly
Needs
Fades
Pleaded
Going
Dawn
Anne
Star
Percy
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Veil
Darkness
Fade
Stars
Veils
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