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once his brother could travel. She was quiet for a second.

Then she asked, in the same careful voice, whether the house was still in his name.

There is a particular flatness that comes into a voice when a person has rehearsed a question and is trying not to sound like they rehearsed it. I have heard it 10,000 times.

“I’m sorry,” I said. “Who is this?continue reading …