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• Fearful and dull, it turned up
• Man with credentials retiring
• Shy victim I disbelieved in part
• Mousy girl college rejected
• Like a child hiding behind a parent’s leg
• Cautious little girl turning up to support little boy
• Lacking in confidence, not very bright Italian turned up
• Shy — unsure
• Shy obscure Italian returned
• Inclined to fear brief prison sentence one day
• Lacking temerity
• Time I had to accept I’m retiring
• This writer is one day behind rear of coconut shy
• Unlikely to speak first, say
• Cautiously fearful