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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: how do I dodge a party to avoid an undesirable guest?

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

8 June 2024

9:00 AM

Q. I am on a long, jam-packed and much disrupted train journey to Scotland. In the carriage someone is working on their laptop. But it seems to be a noisy affair. Very aggressive and excited tapping on the keypad so we are all listening to what sounds like a very fast Morse code.

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