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from: Alexander Koryagin
date: 2022-07-19 18:31:00
subject: the crash


Hi, All!

From the story about dr Jekyll & Hyde:

....I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals, and bounding from my bed, I rushed to the mirror.

Why "the crash" not "a crash"?

Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin

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