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noticed more differences between Applecott House then and Applecott House now. Different curtains. Different windows. Roses where the modern house was clear. And everything looked newer somehow, less tumbledown and shabby. It was disorientating, like seeing a photograph of someone when they were twenty years younger.
The front door was swinging open. Atherton frowned at it and quickened his pace.
“What is it?” said Mary. “Darling?”
“I’m not sure,” Atherton said. “Maybe nothing. But all the same...”
He hurried into the hallway and through into the living room. The children followed. His anxiety was catching; Alex could feel himself
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