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(ref: here ) Francis stepped out onto the street; the wind whipped along the road, screaming loudly as it rubbed her ankles raw. Stumbling slightly, Francis moved onward, with the wind, as the air drew the heat from her body through legs, arms, back and head. "I think I can make it," though Francis, not daring to open her mouth. Forty steps brought her ten feet, and throughly barely-open eyes she saw the lit lantern right above the wooden door. Forty more steps brought Frances within the door frame; as the wind whipped about looking for other victims, Francis sighed. Seven more breaths, and Francis steeled herself against the wind. "I've done this before," thought Francis, as she gritted her teeth. "It is never easy but I CAN do this." Stepping back onto the way, the wind seemed to take perverse delight in discovering holes in her pants. Ignoring the biting, angry wind, Francis continued to slowly and deliberately step forward, one f...