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They danced and feasted and then settled down by a big bonfire and traded riddles. The sun had set long ago and the stars had wheeled far in the night sky before the riddlers and listeners finally gave into weariness and settle down for the night. And so a long, event-filled, and delightful summer day at long last came to an end.
Eodwine's last moments before slumber took him were quiet and content. His wife slept in his arms in the cool of the deep night.
And now the new adventure begins, he thought to himself, and closed his eyes.
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