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PEGGY-IN-THE-RAIN



"What?"

"My name."

"You know I do."

"Really?"

He nodded.

"Then … it's Peggy."

He waited. She shook the reins and the sorrel pranced forward.

"Peggy what?" he demanded.

She turned and smiled back at him as the horse broke into a canter.

"Peggy-in-the-Rain," she said softly.

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