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... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- It is wonderful news that you may be coming home. Do you think we shall recognise each other after all these years, or shall we have to meet under the clock at Waterloo, each wearing a red carnation? Is there still a clock at Waterloo? And are there any red carnations left in London? I wouldn't be knowing. I think we must arrange to meet somewhere else. I ...

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