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The house was set back…

In the soft spring afternoon…

In Alice’s little street…

Alice dozed a little.…

Round about four in the afternoon…

This pleasant,…

It was getting dark when Alice woke.…

Alice slept late.…

In the morning after their breakfast…

She slept badly,…

The two men came back on Sunday night.…

She slept until evening. Then she found, in the kitchen, Roberta and Faye, Mary and Reggie.…

Jasper came home on the Sunday night.…

Alice slept badly.…

Alice slept on this too,…

Faye did not come down until evening,…

When she woke,…

Alice slept through the two events of that evening.

Alice spent the morning over the death…

They slept through the day,…

She got back at five.…