She complained. As though the sharp-cornered finality of a seven brought her more joy and settlement than the ever-looping eight ever could. And to demonstrate this fact, she leaned the slate against the open book and looped first and eight and then, next to it, a precisely cornered seven. She knew where the seven began and where the seven ended. But the eight! Its tail and head were lost in the connecting curve of chalk.
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She complained. As though the sharp-cornered finality of a seven brought her more joy and settlement than the ever-looping eight ever could. And to demonstrate this fact, she leaned the slate against the open book and looped first and eight and then, next to it, a precisely cornered seven. She knew where the seven began and where the seven ended. But the eight! Its tail and head were lost in the connecting curve of chalk.