"Lily turned away and trudged home, too traumatised to cry, while Mr Morrell and Ernie the candle stub seller admired the Meissen teapot, safe on the secret shelf below the pawnbroker's counter." (pg. 29) What is the difference between this deception and the one practised on Lily by the Unwins? Is it worse to trick someone who is mentally handicapped than someone who isn't?
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