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with a dull thud.

Her right foot tapped a frantic rhythm against the yellow linoleum floor.

“He never spent a single penny of that prize money, Clara.”

Clara did not stop wrapping the plates.

“Throw it out,” she said. “It is eighty-six years old.”

“We need this house cleared before the weekend.”

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