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"The walls must have been rebuilt when they replaced the tunnel and widened the road".
"The bricks here look well weathered... the gradient of the capping course seems familiar"...

The two quotes shows Stephens reflections about the past and how it used to be before he left when becoming and adult.

He talks about the aftermath of the war and how he went on to have a normal life and how he didnt like the boring
time in England.

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''the wall must been rebuilt''

''or is it possible that the old wall might have been kept on the side of the road of the economy's''
the older Stephen is questioning his thoughts about how the bricks have been ''weathered''

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"Or is it possible that the old wall might have been kept on one side of the road for economies"
Here the stefan is questioning himself which causes confusion if the wall was built or not based on his memories.
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" I retrace my steps"

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"The bricks here look well weathered..." Here stefan glances at the wall and looks at the old bricks. Frayn uses elipses to emphasize to check wether his memory is correct as he doesnt not remember if the bricks looked old when he was younger.

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"Or is it possible that the old wall might have been kept on one side of the road for economy's sake?"
Stefan is questioning himself on wether the wall has been there or was rebuilt. Him questioning himself implies that he is still unsure of all the memories of his childhood.

"The bricks here look we weathered"
Stefan looks at the wall and sees the old bricks. The ellipsis suggests that he is thinking and considering the state of the bricks, if they are actually old, and from when he was younger,or is he just making it up.

"I retrace my steps to the railway bridge"
Stefan retraces his way back to the bridge, which shows that he is not sure of the way back, and is questioning himself on how much he remembers the Close 50 years after he left.

"Something might be hidden"

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"is it possible that the old wall might have been kept on one side"
stephen is question what has happened to the wall if it has been rebuilt, he is not sure
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"the walls must have been rebuilt..."
the use of ellipses show stephen is thinking if he was correct , and him trying to look back at the
memories to remember the wall ....................................................
"the bricks here look weathered"
stephen is comparing the bricks to the past what they used to look like and what it looks like now
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"something might be hidden"

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"Retrace"
Retrace means to go back or to go back to its source. Here old Stephen is trying to find the railway bridge, he is uncertain about where he's going. This links to memory and how as we age forget things.

"Or is it possible that-"

"There's no way of crawling-"

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The narrator, Older Stephen (Stefan), questions his own pathway as he "retraces" his own "steps" which highlights his unreliable memory which could be a result of his old age. This could also mean that Stefan might have stated inaccurate details when looking back and telling the story.t

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Or is it possible tha

"The bricks here look well weathered...the gradient of the capping course seems familiar"
The use of elipses convey Stefen's still uncertainty towards his hazed memories, furthermore "familiar" suggest his consistent doubt towards his aged memories. S

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"Or is it possible that the old wall might have been kept on  one side of the road for economy's sake?"
"i retrace my steps to the railway bridge"
the use of the word retrace
"the bricks here look well weathered..." the ellipses suggests that he stops for a while and thinks about what is going on, he is confused and is still questioning his thoughts.

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"The gradient of the capping course seems familiar" The word familiar means that Stepen can still recap some places, but the word seems shows that Stepen is questing his thoughts