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The morning came up the eastern shutter at the angle a morning came up when it had been ordered to bring a free day along with it.
Lin Xuan stirred a quarter hour after the first cock-crow. He propped himself against the headboard, the ribs healed, the left arm firm where the frost had eaten the skin two days ago. A small clatter at the door warned him.
Lian shouldered the door open with a tray of food.
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