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Her first grandchild, a boy, was four weeks old before he, Mrs Mazere and the new parents left Mungee so as to be back in time for Christmas at Three Rivers.
-"Well, Mamma, I'm very glad to see you back," said her husband with unforced geniality on her arrival. "If you had stayed away a week longer, I should have been advertising for another old woman to keep me company."