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On a suburban pavement, a lanky adolescent Dalmatian stands warily a little way from a wheelie bin, looking round at a young Black woman in her twenties who crouches at a distance by the railings, offering a treat and giving it room.

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At eight, she’d chat to anyone and order her own ice cream. At thirteen, she goes scarlet at the café counter. So you try a bribe: “Ask for it yourself, and you can have a cake as well.” She edges up to the till for the cake, the woman says “Yes, love?”, and she freezes. Next week she won’t even come in.

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