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Explains why my mail was late and most of it addressed<br />

to Evelyn Troyes. Soap Opera News.<br />

Intrigued me."<br />

"I'd better get going then."<br />

"Plan to change my will, Winslow. Want you to<br />

write it up. And you tell Beanie to use her head. No.<br />

Never mind. Give her my best."<br />

At the post office Sammy Smalter found Judith Haig<br />

in black, seated behind her window. He offered his<br />

condolences about Alf Marco, then nodded to where,<br />

behind her, a sullen, overweight woman jabbed letters<br />

into pigeonholes as if they were knives. "They sent<br />

someone to help you?"<br />

"Yes, from the Argyle main office. Mrs. Lowtry will<br />

replace me here as soon as we can manage it. I'm told<br />

there's some chance they'll close this branch entirely."<br />

"Surely not. Ah, I dropped by because you<br />

mentioned yesterday trying to locate the Vietnamese girl<br />

who works—"<br />

"Yes. Thank you. I got in touch with Miss Lattice."<br />

"Ah, good. Pru had called me, in fact, well, to ask if

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