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[notallworthy]

Tom is out by the porch trying to read. He really isn't a very intellectual young man but at the moment he's trying to overcome that. Something feels like it is missing from his mind and he can't put his finger on it. Everytime he's certain he has it, it slips away. So he sits and reads and tries to forget what he can't remember. But he'd

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[jarndyceheir]

Richard walks up behind him. "No more of the Ex-men, today?" he asks with a small, quiet smile.

[notallworthy]

"Hmm? Oh. No, not today."

[jarndyceheir]

He sits down beside him. "What's ailing you, Tom?"

[notallworthy]

"Nothing. Why would you think something was?"

[modestnature]

Fanny isn't exactly the interrupting sort, but she does try to read the title of his book.

[notallworthy]

It's Gulliver's Travels. Tom doesn't notice her.

[modestnature]

Curiousity satisfied, she almost walks away. Then she changes her mind. "Good morning, sir."

[notallworthy]

"Good day, miss."