Преобразуйте, если необходимо выделенные слова ( и объясните как это делать) : there is one person above all others who must be thanked for the existence of this novel, and that is my good friend the inestimable forrest fenn - collector, scholar, and publisher. i will never forget that lunch of (we), many years ago in the dragon room of the pink adobe, when you told me a curious story - and thereby (give) me the idea for this novel. i hope you feel i (do) the idea justice
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