Today she owns roughly half a dozen pieces of his work, including hyacinths spilling out of an 18th-century basket, a white rose plant in a clay pot, and a bouquet of clematis.

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Obvious discomfort rose from the group and hit me in the face like steam from a pot of boiling water.

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