Next tothe loo was a study, white carpeted, with a big black desk,dauntingly neat, and on the walls a set of framed Christie'sadvertisements, dating back to the 'sixties. ''Fine,' she said, keeping her voice carefully level. 'I'm not being silly. It didn't help, I can't pretend it did.
It clearly wasn't. ''Oh,' he said, and his expression was-'colder still, 'do youknow, just for a moment then I thought you were going totell me there was something else I was being ridiculousabout. She had beautiful hands, they were one of the things hehad first noticed about her; now it looked ugly to him, thathand, ugly and out of place. Rom, when are youleaving kindergarten, moving up to Form One? I'm takingmy exam to my prep next week.
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