# Character notes

- Mara left the town at nine, not seven.
- Her mother gave her the brass key before she left.
- Ivo is the station caretaker.
- The station clock has stopped at ten past six.
- Ivo's line about being owed a minute is deliberate; keep his dialogue exactly as written.

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