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The dinner

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For those who have been waiting with bated breath, marking the calendar and revisiting beloved pages in anticipation, the moment we have all been looking toward is finally drawing near. I write to you today not with a finished product in hand, but with something perhaps even more precious. Certainty. The manuscript is complete. The ink is dry. What remains now is the meticulous, loving labor of preparation, the final polish before these words are placed into your eager hands.

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