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right.” The man stamped his feet. Huge lumps of snow fell from his clothes and his beard. “Good grief – a dog! What’s a dog doing here, Felicity?”
“Oh Stanislav, do be quiet,” said Felicity. She ran forward, plucked Stanislav’s coat from his shoulders and threw it in the cloakroom with the others. “We’ve had the most stunning luck. Here’s marvellous Martha, at last, and, rather handily, we have the children from Clifftopper Farm. They can do all that lights and sound stuff – isn’t that wonderful?”
Bella took one look at Stanislav and growled.
Chloe shuffled forwards to trap her between her calves and surveyed the man. He was tall, bearded, and had a large nose. His coat was orange, his suit was orange, his shirt yellow, his tie red. He seemed to need more space than was necessary and he was definitely glowering. Glowering at Bella. In fact, glowering at the whole collection of people in the room. He even appeared to glower at the Christmas tree.
He took a long breath. He breathed in for longer than Chloe thought was possible, and then breathed out. But he didn’t speak.
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