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ka·0 Page: In the novel, quote-checkedFirst seen: Prologue

A waist-high slab of solid oak about the size of a rowboat, which Kate would have sworn on her license was not there a moment before, with a scalloped green lamp on it and a brass bell beside the lamp.

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  • “a waist-high slab of solid oak about the size of a rowboat” (Prologue)paragraph 18

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