Charlotte, both editor and reporter for the
church paper, is interviewing Robin, and asks him about the oranges in the back garden.
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Charlotte: What are they? Navel? Valencia? Parson Brown?
Robin: Ha, ha. Certainly not Parson Brown, too seedy. No, they’re plain Valencia.
Charlotte: Heavy crop. Who gets them? The landlord? You? The needy?
Robin: The landlord, no. Directly me. And indirectly the needy.
Charlotte: Indirectly?
Robin: I pick them, we eat the good ones, juice a few, and marmalade the windfalls.
Charlotte: And the marmalade goes to the church bazaar?
Robin: It's that Parson Brown. He leans on me.
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