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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def client(self):
 """ Send back the client we were sent, or construct a default one. @rtype vospace.client """

        if self._client is not None:
            return self._client
        self._client = vospace.client
        return self._client