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Elderly bearded man in a cap reads a paper at a table in a dim room, with an owl perched near a window.

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An elderly bearded man in a dark cap and gown sits at a wooden table, leaning forward to read a sheet of paper held over a small wooden box. A perched owl rests on the mantel near a window, and books are stacked on a wall shelf in the dimly lit room.

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