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Let’s talk about something else. ” “That’swhat he wrote about in the second half of the book?” Paul nods again. “In the summer of 1497, Francesco travels to Florence, to see for himself. r and great-grandmother chasing the whale, and her yearning for the old daysbecame so persistent that one morning

Not that he was wrong, but that I was. Responding to the salt air and the splashing of waves, these wanderers who had nevereaten shellfish or caught fish in the sea found themselves enthusiastically doingboth. Everything seems to splinter, voices shouting, sights blurring, and Charlie’s hands are on me again, yanking me back. “From Genoa,” Bill continues, focusing on Paul.