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and start your seven-day free trial 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.

It is wonderful to be here with you this evening.

Tonight, we are continuing with Villett.

But before that let's take some time to unwind and relax. Take a deep, long, slow exhale.

Gently close. exhale.

gently close your eyes and take another nice big breath. Slowly breathe out again and start to feel your body relax. Keep breathing deeply and on the next slow exhale, Allow yourself to fully arrive into your body, into this moment and into

this breath.

Now find a natural breath for you and just be here.

Leave behind. to just be here.

Leave behind all the stresses of the day, all the thoughts and worries of what you need to do tomorrow and gift yourself this time

when I recap the last episode.

Lucy noticed her letters had disappeared one day.

She suspected Madame Beck and patiently awaited their return.

Some time later, Lucy again noticed her things out of place,

but this time she was sure it couldn't be the work of Madame Beck, as she was always

so careful. Fearing, Monsieur Paul Emmanuel had somehow found out about the letters, and knowing that Dr John

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