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46 Margaret Harrison to Harwood Lathom 15, Whittington Terrace, Bayswater 20.10.29 Oh, Petra, my dear, my own dear at last! When I heard your voice on the phone this morning, telling me what had happened, I didn’t know how to believe it. It all seemed so strange. And when I hung the receiver up, I had to pinch myself to be sure it wasn’t a dream. I went upstairs, and there was the girl in her dressing-gown on the landing. She must have been hanging over the stairs, for she sa…