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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: my niece hasn’t returned the small sum I lent her

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12 March 2016

9:00 AM

12 March 2016

9:00 AM

Q. My niece, who came to stay with me in the country for the weekend, arrived without cash and asked me to lend her some for the tip. I lent £30 which she assured me she would give back immediately, but though we live very near each other in London, she has failed to drop it round to me.

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