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to need it. Flora spotted at once the alien creams in the bathroom and the open can of Fido's Feast next to the naked cheese in the cluttered fridge. A brief set of instructions (pertaining to the superintend[e]nt and the charwoman) ended on：“Ring up my aunt Emily Carr,” which evidently had be[en] already done to lamentation in Heaven and laughter in Hell. The double bed was made but was unfresh inside. With comic fastidiousness Flora spread

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弗洛拉一眼便看到了浴室里的進口乳霜，還有一盒打開的“菲多牌”寵物狗罐頭，原先就放在凌亂冰箱里沒有包裝的奶酪旁。還有一連串簡短指令（給管家和女用人看的），最后一張上寫著“打電話給我的愛米麗·卡爾姨媽”，這顯然令人啼笑皆非。雙人床已鋪好，但被褥不是新的。挑剔得可笑的弗洛拉