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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/7208
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I have a paragraph of dialog which technically continues into the next paragraph, but I want to interject a "she continued" almost immediately into the second paragraph. So should I close the quote on the first paragraph, or leave it open?

E.g.,

    "Well," Antimony began, taking a deep, thoughtful breath, and
    stepping a little closer. "If you fill the 5 pound sack, and
    then empty it into a 3 pound sack, you'll have 2 pounds
    left over. Then you can empty the 3 pound sack back into
    your barrel, and transfer the two pounds of lentils into the
    three pound sack."
    
    "Then," she continued, "you can fill the 5 pound sack again..."

It continues from there, but the question is about the closing quote at the end of the first paragraph. I know that normally when dialog continues across paragraphs, it is left open at the end of each paragraph (except of course the last one), because the closing quote implies that the following quote will be another person. But in this case, it is immediately indicated that it is the same person speaking, and it seems strange to continue the quote for such a short piece across the paragraph.

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