Marianne phoned, several times; Octavia refused to speakto her. I found a biro and a fifty-pence piece as well, lucky theydidn't go into the machine!''Yes,' said Octavia, 'yes, that was very lucky. I'm not usually out at this time, but Laurenand I had a little tryst, only don't ever tell my rather strictsecretary. 'Okay, fine,' was all he said.
We won't be ableto pay the staff at the end of this month. But I think she's in a much betterplace this time. It was funny how she'd never felt the same aboutDickon, after Juliet had died, had never loved him so much:in a funny way, she blamed him. Perhaps we could allmeet.
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