She could smell him almost as
strongly as she could the new paint on the fire escape
walls, along with the wool suit and the weird polyester
smell of his wet umbrella. 181
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MICHELLE’S STORY
The week at school was mostly uneventful save
Michelle’s enthusiasm and constant ploys for attention. ’
‘Entertained, he says!’
‘Intrigued, then,’ amended Gerald equably, although truth to tell he was
enjoying the mystery enormously. He tried again. . Doctor Ralph came
in to tea and put his arm round Alice and kissed her, and Alice called him
“Squiggles,” and stood in the shelter of his arms for a moment with an
expression of satisfied proprietorship. “It was,” she admitted. He was into
the passage in time to see her slip into another chamber at the end. ‘You will not guess again?’
‘No, no, I am quite out of ideas. You might get faint, but you can fight it. My best endeavours shall
be used to bring you off, on the easy terms I have mentioned. "
"Lord bless us! you alarm me. ’
‘What?’ gasped Gerald, shocked.
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