IVIV (1) "She came along the alley and up the back steps ..."

[Dave Monroe]

"She came along the alley and up the back steps the way she always
used to." (IV, Ch. 1, p. 1)

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Cf. ...

"A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there
is nothing to compare it to now." (GR, Pt. I, p. 3)

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