H. stands a table littered with dozens of boxes, each containing different parts of a fly-fishing reel: discs of stainless steel, screws, brake shoes, anodized aluminum frames and spools.

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Between them, but set back, is a large table, on which sit two dispatch boxes both from Parliament and donated by Winston Churchill.

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We had the collapsing table, which sent ballot papers skimming in every direction, and the non-waterproof ballot boxes, the contents of which had to be dried out with a hairdryer.

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Because we know that inside each one of those identical boxes, with its Dodge parked out front, and its white bread on the table, and its TV set glowing blue in the falling dusk, there were people with stories.

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