There were nine flats in the building and James had met two of the people in them.
The woman in seven had a baby and said hello on the stairs in the way people do when they have decided in advance how much of you they want. The man in one was called Barry, was about sixty, had opinions about the bins, and had produced them within forty seconds of meeting James at the door.
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