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| 4b4b69a | She pauses several treads from the bottom, listening, waiting; she is again possessed (it seems to be getting worse) by a dream-like feeling, as if she is standing in the wings, about to go onstage and perform in a play for which she is not appropriately dressed, and for which she has not adequately rehearsed. | numb-depression preparation-to-face-the-day putting-on-an-act domestic-life loved-ones | Michael Cunningham |