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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How appropriate is it to send a Christmas card with the word 'merry' to a widow? 

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7 December 2013

9:00 AM

7 December 2013

9:00 AM

Q. Six years ago a rather glamorous man bought the house opposite me. Although he always responds to requests for contributions to the residents’ committee, he has yet to attend a meeting or garden party. We know he lives alone and, according to his otherwise discreet servant, there are no other visitors to the house.

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