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Circulating cautiously around ...

Hi

Isabel, Harold's sister died.

The parents were distressed, his mother particularly; but for him the whole light had gone out of the world. Then, while in the study the doctor and his father were circulating cautiously
around the question of the exact wording of the death
certificate, his mother had said: ...

Does it mean they were walking around the room (study) and thinking about what to write in the death certificate?
  

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Hi, Isabel, Harold's sister died. The parents were distressed, his mother particularly; but for him the whole light had gone out of the world. Then, while in the study the doctor and his father were circulating cautiously around the question of the exact wording of the death certificate, his mother had said: ...

  • Hi, Isabel, Harold's sister died.
  • The parents were distressed, his mother particularly; but for him the whole light had gone out of the world.
  • Then, while in the study the doctor and his father were circulating cautiously around the question of the exact wording of the death certificate, his mother had said: ...
  • Does it mean they were walking around the room (study) and thinking about what to write in the death certificate?
  • No.
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Hi,

Isabel, Harold's sister died.

The parents were distressed, his mother particularly; but for him the whole light had gone out of the world. Then, while in the study the doctor and his father were circulating cautiously
around the question of the exact wording of the death
certificate, his mother had said: ...
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No. They were cautiously discussing (in a circuitous manner) what the phrasing should be.
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Thank you for your replies!

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