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Episode 10

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The shock of his wife's death galvanises Henry Earlforward into a final nocturnal visit to his office, where he discovers that Elsie had violated the sanctity of his safe.

Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.

Henry Earlforward has learnt that his wife Violet died shortly after being operated on; the doctors' verdict was that her undernourished state contributed to her death. The shock galvanises him into a final nocturnal visit to his office, where he discovers that Elsie had violated the sanctity of his safe.

A Waters Partnership production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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Fri 11 Dec 2009 22:45

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