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Ben Marcus Reads Kazuo Ishiguro

The New Yorker: Fiction

CHAPTER

Is It Time to Forgive?

Fletcher and Roger Button had been following a young woman for some time. They found themselves in an open field with no one else around. Fletcher thought of the reception he would have received at Wendy's cottage. The pair walked back to the village square, but there was no sign of their pursuer. When they reached the green Roger Button said: 'If you stand there a bus will come along' He then told them where to catch it - about two hours away by road. "I can see it might get a little lonely standing out here," says Fletcher. But once the bus arrives, your spirits will rise, believe me"

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