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This episode is brought to you by A Crisp Tang in the Air.

Tonight, we'll read the opening to an edited version of John Steinbeck's Cup of Gold, a 1929 historical fiction novel based loosely on the life and death of 17th century privateer, Henry Morgan.

The piece begins in a small Welsh valley, where winter arrives with a biting chill, setting the stage for reflections within the Morgan household.

Young Henry, yearning for adventure, listens eagerly to the tales of David,

a former farmhand turned seafarer who returns from the Indies.

As Henry contemplates leaving home to seek his own path,

his father, Robert, reflects on the inevitability of letting him go. Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. In afternoon, the wind sifted out of the black Welsh glens,

crying notice that winter was come sliding down over the world from the pole,

and riverward there was a faint moaning of new ice. It was a sad day, a day of gray unrest,

of discontent.

The gentle moving air seemed to be celebrating the loss of some gay thing with a soft, tender elegy.

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