M.R. James Ghost Stories
"Mary? Oh, shel'll make her sit down and ask her about her aunt's last illness, or who gave her the china dog on the mantelpiece - something quite off the point. Then, as Maple says, one thing brings up another, and the right one will come round sooner than you could suppose. There! I believe I hear them coming back already."
Sorry, I don't have any english magazines available.
Looks like you first expect a rather boring weekend, and then you'll have a most welcome, and rather unexpected visitor. So you should except any invitation, and any offer - regardless how unattractive and unpleasent it appears to you at first - because this is the first step towards this visitor.
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