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The painters have arrived, six in all and now we are walking down to Columbia Street for some time in the coffee shop. "The thing is, Stella", says Carl (they are walking behind us) is we haven't done anything at all to prepare for you. This is all so very sudden and-" "May I remind you of just one little detail", she says to him sternly. "Go ahead..." "Six months in my house on the canal. Remember, darling" He is silent for a bit and says finally, "When do you want to move in..."