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support and I hope you sleep well tonight. Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf,

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth, and I am so happy you're here with me tonight.

This evening will be continuing a room with a view by E.M. Forster. Before we do

that, let's pause for a quiet moment together. Imagine the day slowly drifting away behind you, as if you are drifting down a river.

Take a gentle breath in and let it go softly.

Allow your thoughts to wander without effort.

You have nowhere to be and nothing to solve tonight. There is only this

calm moment, the hush of the evening and the comforting rhythm of the story ahead.

Last time, Lucy's restless mood led her alone into the streets of Florence

in an effort to break the rules of propriety.

But quietly, she decided against taking a ride on the trams alone,

and instead went to purchase some photographs of famous Florentine art.

Afterwards, wandering through the Piazza Signoria at dusk, she witnessed a violent quarrel

between two Italian men that ended in a sudden stabbing.

Overcome by shock and the sight of blood, Lucy fainted and awoke in the arms of George Emerson,

who carried her to safety beneath the Ephesus arcade.

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