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‘Here,’ she said brusquely, trying to keep the rising emotion out of her voice, ‘put these on, and I’ll show you to your rooirl her new clothes and where to put the table, then stood back and had another look Watching the girl’s face in the mirror, she noted with relief that her habitual ht her by the throat like a vice She had never before seen such tiirl’s eyes were a deep black and looked very large, wide, and utterly without guile

‘Coo down and have a snack, and watch the telly for a while before bed’

When they reached the den, where her husband sat on the sofa, asleep, an open book on his lap, and her various children lay on the plush carpet in front of the television, Marion was thoroughly unsurprised and fully expecting David’s reaction to the girl’s appearance Her daughters were, of course, completely oblivious

‘Davie, come to the kitchen a irl to where the others sprawled and urged her to do the same