Opening her bag on her lap, she took out a book. Maybe reading will make the journey pass quicker, she mused, letting the book fall open at the page where her marker lay. Even as she read, her mother's voice entered her consciousness. - Everything happens to me. I don't know why I'm here in this place. We had a nice place of our own, Marlene had moaned over the phone when Miriam rang her mother the night before. At least, Miriam mused, I can hold the phone away when it grates too much. But face to face was different; there was no hiding place. And Lloyd, for all his good ways, just didn't understand how her mother got to her. Sara says you've got yourself another man, Marlene had said over the phone sometime back when her husband Hiram was still alive. Hope this one's better than those others, Marlene added acidly. Miriam slammed the book shut. Sighing she put the book back in her bag and glanced around the carriage.

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