As she randomly and inanely cavorted, Ms. Guillem paused, in a would-be show of feisty freedom, to perform without socks and shoes.

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The wallow was where El Solitario Jorge spent much of his time, smiling inanely and with the odd bit of food trailing from his mouth.

ECONOMIST: Nora Ephron and Lonesome George