How to Recover Safari Tabs with Time Machine?

I was using Safari and had four browser pages open and each had about 10 tabbed websites. I had quit Safari for the evening myself with the intent of returning the next day and opening Safari and selecting History > Reopen All Windows From Last Session. I do this from time to time and it works fine. Unfortunately, another household member had opened Safari, used it for a while and then quit it. Now the only windows I can recover from the last session are the ones he had open and used. Mine are gone.
This is not a huge disaster but I had some sites in my tabs that will not be easy for me to find again. Is there a way I can use Time Machine to recover the four windows and roughly 40 tabbed websites I had been using? Time Machine has been on and working.
Thanks,
Steve M.

Ha, I've solved my own problem! I restored the following file from Time Machine and now I have my old Safari pages and tabs back from "my" previous session. Worked like a charm.
Steve M.
~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist

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