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Dear Mary

Dear Mary

30 July 2016

9:00 AM

30 July 2016

9:00 AM

Q. Every summer, just when England is at its loveliest, we have to pack everything up and make a stressy journey to go and stay with someone who has a house abroad. I can understand people wanting to repay hospitality, but we really don’t care about cutlet for cutlet. More to the point, we have our own lovely garden and pool.

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