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‘Just one more installment and BABY’S REALLY OURS!’ This tells us that the couple
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Solution
The couple did not even have sufficient money to pay the doctor’s bill when Jill delivered the baby. Jane had a guilty feeling that she should pay ten more pounds to claim the baby as “theirs”.
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