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"The statue 'Turpsichor," corrected Mr Poulter. "Turpsichor," in common with other down-at-heel people, had something of a history. She was originally the plaster cast model of a marble statue ordered by a sorrowing widow to grace the last resting-place of the dear departed, a widow, whose first transports of grief were as extravagant as the order she gave to the monumental mason.
As they stood on the steps, Mavis could not help noticing that whereas Miss Nippett had only eyes for Mr Poulter, the latter's attention was fixed on the plaster figure of "Turpsichor" to the exclusion of everything else. "Quite so," assented Mavis. "She has been with 'Poulter's' fifteen years." "Almost as long as I have," put in Miss Nippett. "The figure?" asked Mavis.
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