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Mortal Coils Chapter 1 - The Gioconda Smile, Part 1
In which Mr. Hutton returns to the countryside, navigating the delicate tensions of marriage and companionship, while reflecting with amused detachment on those around him, especially the inscrutable Janet Spence and his ailing wife. Amid the ordinary rhythms of illness, affection, and social conventions, he confronts the inevitability of loss and experiences a stirring, if tentative, resolve for self-improvement.
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