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the circumstances, then, you might as well go back to calling me Renata again.’
There was a bonfire in the meadow beyond the archery field. Death could see figures moving in front of it. An occasional tortured squeak suggested that someone was tuning up a fiddle.
‘I always come along to the harvest dance,’ said Miss Flitworth, conversationally. ‘Not to dance, of course. I generally look after the food and so on.’
WHY?
‘Well. someone’s got to look after the food.’
I MEANT WHYknows how to think young, but my knees aren’t that good at it. Or my back. Or my teeth. Try telling my knees they’re as old as they think they are and see what good it does you. Or them.’
IT MAY BE WORTH A TRY.
More figures moved in front of the firelight. Death could see striped poles strung with bunting.
‘The lads usually bring a couple of barn doors down here and nail DON’T YOU DANCE?‘ ‘Cos I’m old, that’s why.’YOU ARE AS OLD AS YOU THINK YOU ARE.‘Huh! Yeah? Really? That’s the kind of stupid thing people always say. They always say, My word, you’re looking well. They say, There’s life in the old dog yet. Many a good ?tu~5e? played on an old fiddle. That kind of stuff. It’s all stupid. As if being old was some kind of thing you should be glad about! As if being philosophical about it will earn you marks! My head ‘em together for a proper floor,’ observed Miss Flitworth. ‘Then everyone can join in.’
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