Billy hung his head and said, “Yes.” adding “Ma’am” when prompted. Reluctantly, he donned the clothes provided before being sheepishly herded downstairs. Alice was already there, her damp hair hung lankly around her pale freckled face. Billy is prompted to thank Alice for the clothes he’s wearing and reluctantly he does. Alice says he’s welcome and tries to reassure him by telling him that he looks nice, but her heart goes out to him as Mrs Postlethwaite takes a pair of scissors to his shirts and vests, cutting them into square clothes to be used for cleaning and dusting and thus leaving him with virtually no possessions of his own.
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