Taking an embarrassment of lilacs—four bunches! but their season was so short; the winter had been so gloomy; their loveliness was so tinged with nostalgia—into the shop to pay for them, Aimée noticed a small container filled with lilies-of-the-valley on the counter beside the cash register. They were much too expensive, but were such elegant [...]
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