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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.

It's a pleasure to be here with you.

This evening we are returning to Villeck.

But first, let's take a moment to prepare to sleep.

Focus on allowing every muscle in your face to relax.

Start by releasing tension from your forehead.

Let your forehead. Let your eyebrows feel like they're sliding apart.

Let your tongue fall from the roof of your mouth and unclench your jaw.

Drop your shoulders to release the tension there and let your arms fall beside you.

Breathe in through your nose and exhale completely

relaxing your chest and your back. Think about letting your thighs, your legs and calves sink downward.

Now, try. Now try to remain calm and still while I recap our last episode. At the back of the garden of the room for Seth, there was an alleyway that bordered onto the

boys college.

It was overgrown and forbidden for the peoples at Madame Becht, but not for Lucy.

She liked it and took to tending some of the flowers there, even recovering an old seat in the wall at the end of it.

She could be found there many summer evenings at twilight, enjoying the seemingly far-off sounds of the city.

One night, she sat she heard the creak of a window casement and was alarmed when a small ivory box landed in front of her.

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