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What are your conclusions on the ending? Don't want to add spoilers yet.

lauren lese **SPOILER ALERT**
This is my interpretation but I am not certain about any of it. Juliet was recruited by Merton in 1940 who was actually a British tra…more**SPOILER ALERT**
This is my interpretation but I am not certain about any of it. Juliet was recruited by Merton in 1940 who was actually a British traitor spy; doing work for the Russians in Britain, with the help of Alleyne. She did not know this originally and I don't think she was given any work to do by Merton during the war. The others (Toby, Ashrakan collar man, Mrs Ambrose) did know and that was why they wanted to keep a close eye on her and placed her in that apartment and gave her other operations. They wanted to "neutralize her". I think giving her the dog was part of it too, it made her stand out and kept her busy. The idea was to prevent Merton and Alleyne from using her for their purposes and it succeeded, at least in 1940. That is why we had no inkling of it.
Later, at some point, she began doing much more work for Merton, assisting the Russians. So an "operation" was created to stop them which involved bringing Toby and Ambrose back. All the stuff with the young mother living at Toby's old house and the yarn store was part of that operation. Anyway, she is caught, but she ends up escaping. I have no doubt the "accident" at the end was not an accident. (less)

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