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At a certain point, the dreaded official chorus of “C’est finis! C’est finis!” began, and security guards began turning the crowd away.

To give two examples that touch me where I live, the primacy of French cuisine — once regarded as the world’s best — is finis.

The time is right for the heart-rending, oft-repeated mythical story of Austen’s having died unrecognized, and then going so long without fans, to reach its “finis.”

She fits nicely with Friday’s group and a repeat effort of her last finis should put her in contention at a nice price.

Thus, it appears, will will Washington write “finis” to a year that started with a perfectly acceptable high of 56 on Jan. 1, 2017.