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o0f corse it was his money ." gisela was also reported to have said ." but in return . i look fater roger beautiful ."
on nathan 's left sat carolyne shaker , ameeied to his coleage peter . she had chosen a royal blue dress - a mistake from whichever way you looked at it - and bright gold earings , and was listening to gisela and nathan . as a general rules , carolyne left conversation to the others , and wore her solence with an expression that suggested she knew her limitations . not by so much as a flicker did she guggest she minded that she did not shine on these occasions . carolyne knew where her strengths lay - in the home - and i learned from that too .
nathan said something to gisela and turned , courteously , to carolyne , who seemed a bit sleepy . he whipered something in her ear that made her laugh .
on gisela's right . peter shaker was talking to barry's wife . lucy . on arrived lucy , who was dressed in a complicated version of boho , had seemed nervous and i'd whisked her over to the reliable , kind carolyne. the latter had obviously done the trick , because lucy was responding animately .
the cherries are good ." beside me , roger dipped his spoon into the bittersweet juice ." i like tough skins ."
on the the other side of me , barry nodded . he ghad been pleased , as i had calculated , to dine with a man as powerful as roger , and barry's pleasure took the form of agreeing with everything roger said . a dedicated foodie ( " you should hear the fuss if i don't buy hunza dried apricots for his ceeal ," gisela told me ). roger kept up the food bulletins throughout the meal . did i know the best cherries came from a valley in burgundy ? or now that they were eating more meat , the jap-