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and there it is as a blinding white cloud.
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You wouldn't even need the curls and the beard
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if you just had the blinding and the white.
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And, of course, as we go on, as I'll show you,
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the curls and the beard are pared away,
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and you're left more with that blinding whiteness.
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So, the blinding white cloud begins this chapter.
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And what happens of course thereafter, as you'll remember,
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is that Lily pops up from the back seat: "Hi."
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He didn't know that she was there.
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And she's got a handful of dandelions, and she's painted her
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mouth red with lipstick, and she's trying to seduce him.