And Ted was physically strong, much stronger than I had thought when I saw him for the first time. He had seemed slender almost frail, and I had made it a habit to bring cookies and sandwiches to share with him each Tuesday night; I thought he might not be getting enough to eat. I was surprised one warm night when he’d bicycled to the clinic wearing cut-off blue jeans. His legs were as thickly muscled as a professional athlete’s. He was slender but he was whipcord tough.

(Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me)

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