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“N ow y o u k no w h o w it’s d one ?”E le na a ske d M ere dith .
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“ D
ear D ia ry ,
I’m s o fr ig hte ned I c a n h ard ly h old th is p en. I’m p rin tin g
ra th er th an w ritin g in c u rs iv e , b eca use th at w ay I h ave m ore
c o ntr o l.
W hat a m I te rrifie d o f, y o u a sk? A nd w hen I s a y “