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DUTIFUL: Chapter Three

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Iain Martin
Feb 20, 2026
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Errant Serif

DTFL opened with an astonishingly misjudged and cringeworthy parade outside the Intercontinental Hotel. A (retired) Major from the UK, (the father of the CEO of Micawber’s) suffering intensely in forty degree heat and a full dress uniform, marched up and down the turning circle as smartly as he could, to the sound of a terminally flaccid bra…

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