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me. But that day I happened to be attending a

meeting outside and was away from the school. She

didn’t say anything, stayed in our office for a

moment and then left silently. Generally speaking,

before she went to a new city which she was not

willing to go to but was forced to go to, I thought she

would probably come to me and create a tremendous

row. I was waiting for the farce to happen and was

walking on pins and needles every day. But she

didn’t. She seemed to have become sensible. I felt it

was not normal. Just as I was wondering why she had

changed so much, an unusual event happened.

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