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Margot and Mother are nervous. 'Shh. Father. Be quiet, Otto. Shh. Pim! It's eight thirty. Come here, you can't run the water any more. Walk softly! ' A sample of what's said to Father in the bathroom. At the stroke of half past eight, he has to be in the living room. No running water, no flushing toilet, no walking around, no noise whatsoever. As long as the office staff hasn't arrived, sounds travel more easily to the warehouse.
The door opens upstairs at eight-twenty, and this is followed by three gentle taps on the floor. Anne's porridge. I clamber up the stairs to get my dog-bowl.