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The Mysterious Portrait by Mark Rutherford
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This is a story of loneliness and despair, and a woman who doesn’t exist and a portrait of her. A man sees a lovely woman who disappears and no-one else had seen her. He sees her again and she disappears again and he can’t get her out of his mind, and finds a portrait of her. The main character goes through many tribulations. Have you ever experienced any of them ? About 30 minutes
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