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After this:
Sophie collapses into the first seat she sees as she enters the bar. Her face is white - for a combination of reasons - and her heart is still banging away like, she thinks weakly, the plumbing in Howl's bathroom.
It seems aches and pains aren't the only drawback to being old. Sophie can almost admire the beauty of the Witch's spell - after all, the Witch needn't have any of the guilt of killing her herself, if her heart's going to do it for her.
Sophie collapses into the first seat she sees as she enters the bar. Her face is white - for a combination of reasons - and her heart is still banging away like, she thinks weakly, the plumbing in Howl's bathroom.
It seems aches and pains aren't the only drawback to being old. Sophie can almost admire the beauty of the Witch's spell - after all, the Witch needn't have any of the guilt of killing her herself, if her heart's going to do it for her.