One night not long ago, she told me she had cancer.

NEWYORKER: Clara

Remember that one glorious night not too long ago when you were pumped full of champagne and big ideas?

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Not long ago we lucked into one of the enormous royal suites for the night, named the Kipling Suite: polished wood floors, canopy bed, towering floor-to-ceiling windows lighting the plush parlor area.

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