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‘The lift not working?’ she said pointing at the paper notice taped to the door.
‘Yeh, it is,’ I said walking round her to reach the call button I pressed just as the lift left Ground, ‘oh, no...’
...turning to her I said, ‘it’s closed from tomorrow morning.’
‘Seven o’clock?’ she said. ‘What time?’
‘Nine,’ I said pointing at the figure nine, ‘they’re going to start the work.’
‘How long will they take?’
‘Six months, that’s how long the other one took, the one at the back.’
‘That’s a long time,’ she said.
‘Yes it is,’ I said. ‘The other one’ll be working but you’ll have to walk up the hill to get it.’