In Loving Memory

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Emma Page. In Loving Memory

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In her room at Whitegates, a few yards along the corridor from Mrs Parkes, Gina Thorson lay on her bed with her hands linked behind her head. Mr Mallinson was going to be all right, Dr Burnett had said so. She frowned into the darkness. It was very awkward, the old man’s illness coming just at this moment. She had planned to ask him for a rise in salary in the morning, she had worked it all out in her mind, intending to ask him as soon as she’d finished the daily letters. He was always in a good mood at that time of day, feeling alert, in control of the many facets of his life.

But it was out of the question now to ask for a rise. She would probably be allowed to see him only about the most urgent letters concerning the firm – and she might be told to refer those to David Mallinson, not to bother the old man for the present. She could scarcely go barging into the sickroom to demand more money for her services, skilled as they were.

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