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Cissie and Esther are Ada’s maiden aunts. They live in London where
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START: ESTHER: A guest house they call it.
CISSIE: Esther, stop grumbling - peel!
ESTHER: Three hundred ditches we had to jump over before we even reached the house - and they advertise in newspapers. For peace and quiet and a modest holiday - The Shambles. A very inviting name.
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END: ‘Aunty Esther’ he says ‘I’ve finished making speeches, I’m going to marry a simple girl and hand it all to her’. So I says to him ‘Ronnie’ I says ‘be careful. Don’t hand it on to her before you’re married. The meat!
Arnold Wesker. “I’’m Talking About Jerusalem”. The Wesker Trilogy. Penguin Books, 1969. pp.198-201
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