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1. In Sweet Sorrows: Once, very long ago...," who is the first guard and what does he do and think?

The first guard sits in a chair by the door and reads crime serials. He wishes that he was a fictionalized version of himself. He wonders if the only difference between pirates and thieves is boats and hats.

2. How is the second girl in "Sweet Sorrows: Once very long ago..." different from the first girl?

The first girl brings a plate of bread and a bowl of water and sets them outside the pirate's cell. Her hands shake badly and she hurries away. The second girl walks softly and places the food where the pirate can reach it. She waits, but he does not get the food until she leaves. The water has been spiked with wine. The girl moves closer and closer when she leaves the food. She brings two bowls of wine and they drink together. Sometimes she brings oranges and plums or candied ginger. The last night before he is to be hung, she asks him to tell her a story.

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