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Good-bye Clarice. Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming? Yes. Pembry was taking her arm. It was go or fight him. Yes, she said. I'll tell you. Do you promise?Yes.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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Jackson
Tennessee
William Thomas Harris III
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