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It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders _ a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart.
Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet
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It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders _ a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart.
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Sarah Waters

Tipping the Velvet

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