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I have clireat difficulty in reaching the

brown boards which lay loosely across the rafters

"Now, straight along,down the ladder

backwards, she placed the cracked and dust-begrimed teapot on the

table "Oh, hon and faded the papers are! Nance, what is this?

I do believe it is your e certificate!"

"Very likely, my dear, and you will find the bill for my husband's

funeral, too; and a pattern of my scarlet 'ht a lot of that, and here it is still, you

see, folded over my shoulders"

"What is this? You had bad ink, but I think it h Power'"

"I kneas a hard, long name," said the old woman

"'Carne,' but the last word, oh, Nance, what is it? It begins with M

o, and ends with r e--r e is the end of the shire, of course

Merionithshire? No, it is M o, so oh

Power, Carne--I will try Carne anyway," and next day she wrote to her

sister addressing the letter: Miss Gwladys Powell,

c/o Mrs Besborough Power,

Carne,

Montgomeryshire