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if this business don’t work out The Lord in his wisdom etcetera I want you my best clock easy chair and silver box my father brought from beyond the sea and my wedding ring Give Mary my great gold ring the topaz stone in it and also my silk camblet cloak and hood, laced with gold. If you can find him William the trunk marked with an M and a B in the attic. Martha Jenkins, my callamanca gown and petticoat. My gloves take especial care you know what they mean to me keep them in their silvered box. this might all work and be home for Easter. The machine is of the best Italian manufacture, and better than I had hoped. I have made it purr. know you know what I mean. you know I am happy and serious. You I save all for my words and my fingertips. I know you are why I risking everything. Always! G xo

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The machine generates enough light for one outhouse. The waterlevel in the trough must be checked every two days and any upturned rats disposed of in the jettison bags. These are located to the rear of the outdoor tap. If the bags are brimming with rats throw them on the hag. Highup on the hag behind the black bales seeping poison. Make sure the halogen burns through the night. Keep an eye on the number of moths collecting on the glasspane. We keep bits of crumbs and spits of breakfast in the Jacob's biscuit tin atop the chestfeezer. The outdoor freezer in the adjacent shed. These remains, strudel, gristle, fried gurnings, striped giblets, are for the birds in the ditch. Rakeup cutgrass in the backfield. Appoint an ombudsman to settle disputes over the land and its geometry. Trundlewheels, calipers and spiritlevels can be found in the spareroom. If you have the time you can count your uncle's trophies, mounted on springs in that verysame room. He lives away from home now.

Attend to these instructions and your fuel will be replenished.

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