ill tugged at ;Come on, come on...quot;

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    quot;Mum, lets go in and see Mrs. Cooper,quot; ;Look, ;

    quot;Mrs. Cooper?quot; sfully.

    But o put doo do it, because ill  mig to be seen   would o .

    tooped elderly figure of teac of lavender er about her as he remembered.

    quot;? Is t illiam?quot; t;I  seen you for over a year.  do you , dear?quot;

    quot;I  to come in, please, and bring my mot; he said firmly.

    Mrs. Cooper looked at tidy racted  tig lips, tting ja Mrs. Parry, ills mot makeup on one eye but not on t noticed. And neithing was wrong.

    quot;ell...quot; sepped aside to make room in the narrow hall.

    ill looked up and doightly Mrs.

    Parry o enderly o tting room iced t Mrs. Parrys clotly musty, as if too long in t on traight black brows.

    quot; is it, illiam?quot; t;s tter?quot;

    quot;My moto stay for a fe; ;Its too difficult to look after   no mean s kind of confused and muddled, and ss a bit er. S needs someone to be kind to  quite easily, probably.quot;

    t  seeming to understand, and Mrs. Cooper saaken e.

    quot;S be expensive,quot;  on. quot;Ive brougs of food, enougo last, I s too. S mind s;

    quot;But ... I dont kno;

    quot;No! S ill.quot;

    quot;But t be someone ;