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For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except somehow he knew they smelled just like Lady Emma.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Moments
Peculiar
Ideas
Lady
Like
Somehow
Except
Violets
Knew
Smelled
Since
Sworn
Moment
Emma
Idea
Violet

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