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It’s difficult to ith h the crowd to the stepladder and carefully climb to the top with Robin’s help Belowup in the sunshine

"Hello, Piper’s Hill!" I yell into the hty cheer comes back from the crowd, co dru a pop star!

"This is our country!" I shout, gesturing at the rippling green grass around us "This is our land! We won’t give it up!"

Another delighted cheer erupts

"And to anyone ants us to give it up…" I shout, waving my arms around "To anyone who thinks they can come and take it away from us… I say this! I say, Go home!"

There’s a third uproarious cheer I’m totally elated This seems to coive up now!" I yell "Because we’re going to fight! On the beaches! And on the--"

There’s a slight kerfuffle going on in the crowd, and I break off, trying to see what’s happening

"They’re co

"Boo!" The whole crowd is hissing and jeering

"It’s therass below "Bastards! Let ’em have it!"

And suddenly I freeze Fivetheir iftly to the front of the crowd

One of theet down off this ladder At once

Except it’s not as easy as that, when one leg is in bloody plaster I can barely et do!" I call

"You stay there!" shouts Robin "Carry on with your speech! It’s great!"

I frantically graspto maneuver myself off the top, when Luke looks up and sees me

I have never seen him so shell-shocked He stops dead and just stares at anizing a protest against your husband’s client has got to be even worse than selling his Tiffany clocks

"Don’t let the bastards intinore the else I can do I clear my throat and focus on Kelly’s enthusiastic face

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