Offences Against the Person

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Hilary Mantel short story: the consequences of an illicit affair in a solicitor's office.

Hilary Mantel short story: in a Manchester solicitor’s office the consequences of an illicit affair play out. Rebekah Staton reads.

In Hilary Mantel's short story, the consequences of an illicit affair play out. At a Manchester solicitor’s office Vicky, a precocious but conflicted junior clerk is observing:

"I guessed why Nicolette had moved across the Square. It was more discreet for a senior partner to keep an affair extra-mural."

Reader: Rebekah Staton
Abridger: Jules Wilkinson
Producer: Simon Richardson

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