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Maria fetched the letters, half-running. She was the most willing girl they had ever had, and within three months she'd be speaking good English, and a month later she would leave, as they all did, because her mother was sick in Tijuana: in other words, someone—often a close neighbour—had offered her even more money, a colour TV set and the whole of every Friday off as well as Sunday.

— Elleston Trevor The Paragon (aka 'Night Stop') (1975)

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The only person who saw the car go into the ravine that night was Berlatsky.

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For forty-three years Berlatsky had made a point of keeping out of trouble and now there was this.

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Berlatsky noted these things because all his life he had noted things, like a sparrow picks at crumbs. You could miss a lot of chances by not using your eyes.

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