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Yes," said Margaret, smiling. "You don't have three dead cats on your mantlepiece."
Dane stopped short. "DEAD CATS?" he repeated incredulously, taken aback. "Whose were they?"
"Old Mrs. Holloway's."
"How long had they been...DEAD?"
"Oh, years and years," Margaret assured him. "They were stuffed, you see. Taxidermy."
"Right," he said dryly. "Taxidermy.
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Sarah Beth Brazytis (The House on Harmony Street (The Westovers of Harmony Street, #1))