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You’re not the lady of the houseyoure just the help, Molly, dear, just a little more of this salad for the lady, the voice of my...
Ah, my lads arrived, my mother, Evelyn, shouted with delight. I stood at the door, cap in my hand, and said, Hello, Mum. Im not alone....
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If it werent for the innate curiosity he inherited from his antiquarian father, Luke Harper would simply walk past the glint in the heap of building...
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Open the bag, now! The CCTV can see everything, theres no way youll get away! Take it all out! The...
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Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
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I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
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Open the rucksack at once! the words cut through the air. In the bustling shoemaking hall of the Manchester plant,...
Hey love, you wont believe what I overheard it finally made sense why he married me in the first place....