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prose so immersive i somehow could read before my interview

To look at him was to believe that he was indifferent to sensual pleasures, but there were times when he seemed fired by some deep passion; at these moments, Honda—who always kept his mouth firmly shut, as he kept his somewhat nearsighted eyes severely narrowed and his brows in a frown—was to be caught with a hint of parted lips in his expression.