xpected the children to have slippers but she then realises that they would not as they were probably poor. In this case the children actually appear to have slippers but not had enough room to pack them.
             In some cases the evacuees would arrive in extremely bad condition. In cities in those days, in was unlikely that homes would have running water and their clothes would be dirty and shabby. The cleaner looking ones would be picked by hosts first and they dirtier ones would be left at the end. It could be said that in a lot of cas
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