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mohair
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Morgan or his ally Bates I reflected
My nerves were already keyed to a breaking pitch, and the ghost-like tread in the hall angered me—Morgan, or his ally, Bates, I reflected, at some new trick. — from The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
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