The girl smiled at her,passed her card through a machine, looked at it, tried again,then said, still smiling very nicely, 'I'm sorry, MissMuirhead, your account seems to be over the limit. He's been to a couple of the meetings. Apropos of my earlier question. That's better.
'He put his arms round her then, held her, stroked herhair, made the sort of noises he made to the children whenthey were crying. It was worth a try anyway. 'Now youget into bed, darling, and I'll get the doctor. Sostrong was the temptation, indeed, that she actuallyreinserted the key; then caught sight of herself in themirror, so unfamiliar she wouldn't have known herself, andpulled it out again.
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