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This is all strictly against regulations, of course, and Marie-Claude should never have asked you in. And naturally, I should have turned you out the second I knew you were here. But Marie-Claude doesn’t care much for their regulations these days, and I must say, neither do I.
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Chapter 22 (p. 259)

 

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"Me!" gasped Mary-Marie, amazed. "A witch!"
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