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 way %home—as#:, an ank *l@et. Marina took ,)-^everything back. O :n  opening night, she empti.,ed every case of:( his stolen jewels. She  
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=amien d@),i^ssolve)[\d into  white foa+(m, swept awa?;y by the tid= [e. And Eli^\—who;+ gav,:*e up his ,
voice, to find`- he +r—used his returned voice -to whisper: “Welcome :@#home.”