But Inge was very, very good, and he never wrote anything better than the soft-spoken story of Madge (Maggie Grace), a shy, pretty girl whose uncomplicated existence is upended when a handsome drifter named Hal (Sebastian Stan) passes through town and lures her into bed.

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She was pretty, personable and very shy.

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Young Chinese simply shy away from advertising as a career, and the reservoir of talent is pretty shallow.

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