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Vol. CXII · No. 4,822Late Drizzle EditionPrice: One Tablet
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Local Characters

Woman With 400 Candles ‘Finally Vindicated’

Fictional Senga Moir, of Crieff: 'They all laughed in 2019.'

Candles, waiting.

Candles, waiting. Photo: Petar Milošević, “Манастир Моштаница-капела за паљење свећа (Moštanica Monastery, chapel for lighting candles)”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

CRIEFF — Fictional Senga Moir, who has stockpiled candles since a power cut in 2004, has spent Sunday “radiating smugness and gentle vanilla scent”. Please do remember: candles plus storms need care. Torches are fine too, Senga.

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