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*con"!)"nec=_ts the tw*&o] ].o>/ f them, after_ ye(>ar[/-)&s of near-,misses `$an)&d almost encount[ers.& G_#^-wen is hired to gh' ?,ost->.write Fra][nc;[ esca's /aut;obio(@ \g>(r:?aphy, whi

+;l__#e Nick,: 
becoming her]? lover`@, is th"e architect w@>ho:/ i"/*=s to design ?-a building +on Fr- ances/ca's property. When]: Gwen decides to crusade to >save Frances\ca's building*, sh,-`e@ wr>&it(=es letters to =the ne']wspap!) @er which catches Nick's-) "'+attenti&on - and wins hi%.s heart.