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He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
Portraits
Gestures
Sat
Paint
Watching
Made
Afterward
Every
Portrait
Would
Gesture

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