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 # Now ... appearance
 
-The word "Now" is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here the narrator tells about a new person in the story.
+The word "Now" is used here to mark a stop in the main story. Here the narrator tells about a new person in the story.
 
 # this son was ruddy