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Sift,—Why should Bob Cratchet be classed with Dick Turpin and Jack the Ripper? It seems that for once the wise and witty Rose Macaulay has made a little mistake. I hope she will soon find time to read Dickens'

Christmas Carol again.—Yours faithfully, MARGERY REILLY. The Grange Nursing Home, Morden, Surrey.