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that’s how it was. All through the summer they both lived at The Railway and Annie seemed to encourage them. She said it was a shame to deprive a young girl like Susan of her bit of comfort in life. I couldn’t bear to see them holding hands when they thought no one was looking. I began to feel a bit of a laughing-stock myself and even came to see our Tom’s point of view up to a degree. I began to feel that I couldn’t stand it much longer and told Annie so. She said there was always a home for me at The Railway but I had to make up my own mind whether I stayed there. I was never one to argue the toss about anything like that. I said I would find a fresh place. She said she was sorry if I felt like that but I was old enough to know my own mind. She thought I was bluffing her I thin
