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A VICTORIAN WITH SOUL

THE WHITE VICTORIAN DOUBLE-STOREY WITH THE VERY GOOD BONES, WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS AND SASH-WINDOW EYES SCREENED BY THE BALCONY WITH FOUR-LEAF-CLOVER TRIM, THIS HOUSE COULD STRETCH TIME.

For more than a century its wide Oregon-pine stairway, wooden floors, thick walls have witnessed the ticking of the clock, the beating of the heart, the rush and glide of breath and life. Its rambling structure and spacious rooms allowed one to get lost, in the house, in your books, in your music, in yourself. It was delicious, and it allowed

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