Jocasta: Wife and Mother

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For JASON

my Anglo-Greek grandson

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Jocasta stood in the doorway, where some fresh air could still be detected.

‘There’s such a stink in here,’ she said, fanning a well-manicured hand in front of her face. ‘Can’t you clear this pile of excrement away, Grandmother? Must we have such filth within these four walls? We don’t put up with such things, as you used to do in your day.’

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