Miss Massey

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would like some words
of consolation. Of course Tony knows Jaz better than I do, but most people
like some comforting when they are upset about something.

(In the following paragraphs I presume that the city referred to in the
text is London. This may not be correct, but I know of no other English
city with an Underground).

Miss Massey and her situation is not unusual in London. There are
many destitute people living on a day-to-day basis just like herself. We
Danes are not used to seeing homeless people walking around in the streets
here in Denmark, but in London this is a normal sight. Some of them have
chosen to live their life in the streets (just like our "bag ladies"), but
the majority has been forced to live in the streets because of their
financial situation. We are not directly told whether Miss Massey has
chosen to live in the streets herself or has been forced to do so because
of her financial situation, but I have a feeling that it is her own choice.
She never ...

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thing which is not depicted in the story is how homosexual
couples are looked upon in general. This varies quite a lot from country to
country, but in most countries gay couples are not welcome everywhere. I do
not know how the situation is in England, but if gay couples had been very
unwelcome in England, the text would probably have described the situation
in some way. I think gay couples are widely accepted in Danish society,
but I have nothing to base this allegation on, it is purely a guess.
Based on what we know about Tony and Jaz, the ending does not come
as a surprise to me. They often talk at cross purposes and thereby
misunderstand each other at times. This is ...

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