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I suspect that had it not been for this thread, or had the point not been brought to your attention, and you had read the book, you would have glanced right past the word without a second thought. You might not have even noticed the word was even in there and had to re-read it if someone had come to you later.
That's how insignificant one word is in a story, and how our mind works when we're reading through a bunch of material. Possibly different had you been reading it aloud...but not by much.
At the risk of poisoning someone's mind, I'd be interested for a member here to hand the book to a teen and see if the kid even takes notice of the passage. I bet not.
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