Copyright © 1995 by Ellen Gilchrist
Originally published in print form 1995

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The author is grateful for permission to include the following previously copyrighted material: “Begin the Beguine” by Cole Porter. Copyright © 1935 by Warner Bros., Inc. (renewed). All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A. Used by permission of Warner Bros. Publications, Inc.

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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