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She came naturally by her confused and groundless fears, for her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electri… - James Thurber
" "She came naturally by her confused and groundless fears, for her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
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About James Thurber
James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.
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