Aug 18

5:58 o’clock p.m

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AF_Ffth_Bizniz

This tattoo belongs to AF and references the opening paragraph of Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business, the first volume of The Deptford Trilogy.

“My lifelong involvement with Mrs. Dempster began at 5:58 o’clock p.m. on the 27th of December, 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.”

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