08/03/2026 00:14

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'We'vetried to tell her, but . They're going to rack andruin - a tragedy in itself- and Bartles Wood sits just on theedge of the grounds, near the lane. Neighbours days were the worst - no, not quite the worst;Oprah Winfrey and Ricki Lake days were the very worst. He took no notice.

She can hardly eat now,and what she does often comes up again. She'd once followed a boyfriend about all day, oneshe'd been suspicious of, thought he was seeing someoneelse; he'd never known she was there. ''Presumably the other chap's got to put on the sameperformance?''Oh, yes, and he's more than willing. Daddydoes, too, and I remember Mummy saying how attractivehe was.