Two readers; two different books; identical phrase read within 10 minutes of each other!
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On holiday with friends 30 years ago: Caroline and I both avid readers. We sat in the sunshine one afternoon reading our respective books - 'Flamingo Feather' by Laurens van der Post and 'Return of the Native' by Thomas Hardy. I paused in the text to read out a particularly beautiful description (something I never normally do) which in included the words:' The lake was as a grey velvet cloak trimmed with white lace.' Having discussed the phrase we returned to our books and, within ten minutes, my friend exclaimed that she had exactly the same phrase in her book, which she duly read out for all to hear!
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:19:58 +0000Coincidence ID:4034
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