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"I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that."
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"If I call him back here," Cooper whispered in her ear, "will you crawl up my body again?"

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