as if she wasn't around any more. I feared the worst. Was she dead?
`Can we see this old lady to ask her about it?' I asked.
Aunt Mimi looked at me sadly. `I'm afraid she died last week ± I went to her funeral. They say she was over a hundred years old. There were a lot of strangers there, not from around here, all speaking in some kind of strange way. They seemed to think she was important, though nobody ever took much notice of her around here.'
`Except you, Aunt Mimi,' I said.
Aunt Mimi smiled. `Well, you know how I can't mind my own business.'
I knew.
`Speaking of which,' she said, moving closer to me, `it's your turn.'
`My turn?' I asked.
`To tell me everything that happened last night,' she said. And so I did. Everything, just as I had promised. I don't
know whether Aunt Mimi believed me or not, but if she didn't she never let it show.
She's not a bad old lady, my Aunt Mimi. Not when you get to know her.
***
In the end I had two days off work. I said I'd been sick and in a way I was: I wouldn't feel well until I knew the truth about the fruitcake. I knew that there was little chance of discovering what actually went into it. I would have to work it out from the small amount I had left in the bottle. I had used up more than I thought the other night.
But I was not sure that I wanted to make my fortune
as if she wasn't around any more. I feared the worst. Was she dead?`Can we see this old lady to ask her about it?' I asked.Aunt Mimi looked at me sadly. `I'm afraid she died last week ± I went to her funeral. They say she was over a hundred years old. There were a lot of strangers there, not from around here, all speaking in some kind of strange way. They seemed to think she was important, though nobody ever took much notice of her around here.'`Except you, Aunt Mimi,' I said.Aunt Mimi smiled. `Well, you know how I can't mind my own business.'I knew.`Speaking of which,' she said, moving closer to me, `it's your turn.'`My turn?' I asked.`To tell me everything that happened last night,' she said. And so I did. Everything, just as I had promised. I don'tknow whether Aunt Mimi believed me or not, but if she didn't she never let it show.She's not a bad old lady, my Aunt Mimi. Not when you get to know her.***In the end I had two days off work. I said I'd been sick and in a way I was: I wouldn't feel well until I knew the truth about the fruitcake. I knew that there was little chance of discovering what actually went into it. I would have to work it out from the small amount I had left in the bottle. I had used up more than I thought the other night.But I was not sure that I wanted to make my fortune
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