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                                                                                     Departure, a friend
                                                                                     of the family. My

                                                                                     grandfather would
                                                                                     often take me with
                                                                                     him around town.
                                                                                     Whenever we would
                                                                                     run into Henry
                                                                                     Davies, he was

                                                                                     always happy to see
                                                                                     us … I never saw
                                                                                     him without a cigar.


                                                                                     Perhaps the
                                                                                     improvised
                                                                                     bookmark was used
                                                                                     in her book “The Old
                                                                                     Curiosity Shop” by
                                                                                     Charles Dickens.


               She got that
               book Nov 6,
               1936
               (although she

               didn’t
               officially read
               it until 2011!),
               from her
               “Uncle”
               Pete.(Not a true
               uncle)

               Apparently he
               bought the
               book in China!

               Stephen







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