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asking.’
    Isobel says: ‘I could work for you.’
    Mr. Koch sighs. He shakes his head. He coughs into his hand.
    Mr. Koch says: ‘There are crates in the back.’
    He stands up. He is old. He stands up slowly. It is getting harder for him to stand up. He is old and he weighs too much. He starts to move towards the door.
    He says: ‘You could help me unpack them.’

Dear Emile,
    I am in the train station.
    I am sitting on the bench. I don’t know what else to do. There isn’t anything for me to do. I would still be standing where I was when I watched you go, but my legs are tired.
    It is 11:37 .
    I feel like I’m waiting for something. Something that I could remember this by. I don’t know what it could be. It’s 11:37. That is what it says on the clock here. For a while, I wanted 11:37 to be enough. But it’s not. I want something more.
    It’s 11:38. It will be 11:39 soon. I am still sitting here. I want something that will make this mean something. I want something that makes all of this worth it.
    The woman who works in the station, she was at the end of the platform smoking a cigarette. It was a little while ago. She was looking at me like there was something wrong with me.When she was done she dropped the cigarette on the platform. She looked at me one more time and then she went back to whatever it is that she does here.
    I went to where she’d been. I picked up the butt of her cigarette. It will have to do.
    I love you.

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    Emile is walking down a street.
    It is a busy street. There are people walking down the street and there are other people standing in the street. They are wearing scarves. They are huddled inside their jackets. The street is crowded with people huddled inside their jackets.
    He walks past a news stand. There is a woman standing behind the news stand. She is talking with a man standing in front of the news stand.
    Emile is wearing a jacket and a grey cap. He has his hands stuffed in his pockets. It is getting cold.He is looking at the sidewalk in front of him. He does not look at the man and the woman at the news stand. He walks past them.
    He does not look at anybody on the street. His cap is pulled down. He looks at the sidewalk. He does not listen to what people are saying.
    There is an old woman walking a dog. She is holding the dog’s leash in her hand. Her hand is trembling. She cannot help it. She is old.
    Emile is going to a café. He is meeting someone named Agatha. There is a reel of film tucked under his arm. He will give it to Agatha. They will talk to each other. They have not seen each other in a long time. They have things to say. Then she will take the reel of film away to be developed.
    The dog is an old dog. It cannot walk quickly. It is trying to walk quickly. It is wheezing. So is the old woman.
    Emile walks past the old woman walking her dog. There are too many people in the street. He bumps her elbow. He does not stop to say that he is sorry. He does not slow down.
    He has to be on the other side of the street. He crosses the street.He is almost at the café. He walks past a bookstore. There are cats in the windows of the bookstore. He walks past a laundromat. There are people sitting in the laundromat. They are not doing anything. They are waiting for their laundry to finish.
    One of the people in the laundromat watches Emile walk past the window.
    The café is on the other side of the laundromat. Emile walks past the laundromat. He goes into the café.
    Emile takes his cap off. He holds it in his hands. He is still wearing his jacket.He does not want to take his jacket off.He does not want to be exposed. He is standing in the door to the café. He looks inside. He does not step inside. He looks inside.
    He does not see Agatha. He wonders if he is early. He does not have a watch so he cannot tell. He does not want to be early. He does not know if he is early. He does not want to be late.
    He steps inside the