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<DIV>The Continent continues to recede from the UK – another analogy with the
Second World War:</DIV>
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<DIV>“Confined to Charleston throughout the greater part of the war, Vanessa and
Duncan were now eager to get abroad. Duncan was the first to leave
England, taking a short holiday in Copenhagen in the spring of 1946 . . .”</DIV>
<DIV>(Spalding’s “Vanessa Bell”, p. 331)</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart </DIV>
<DIV>(Day 373)</DIV>
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color=#000000>There's one spoilt spring to scant our mortal
lot,</FONT></SPAN><BR
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season ruined of our little store.</SPAN><BR
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; DISPLAY: inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial">May
will be fine next year as like as not:</SPAN><BR
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color=#000000>Oh ay, but then we shall be
twenty*-four.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=1>*Insert any decade you like – to hell with
scansion</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>