japanese were growing taller ? so practiced was his conversation that it could almost have been dubbed automatic , except that roger was too clever to let that happen . his party trick was to gaze directly at whomver he was speaking to , and the listener enjoyed the illusion that they were the only person in the world , the magic was working beautifully until he let fall , " i remember the best salmon was at zeffano's . it was when nathan was still married to rose....."
barry's radar locked on to the telltale flicker of tension . " and ...?" he encouraged .
"it was years ago , but i remember that salmon so well ..."
roger steered past the minefield ." nathan was less enthusiastic ...but we won him round ."
reminded of my place , my pleasure in the evening was now spiked with resentment . rose sat at the end of the polished , laden table , not i . rose had choseen the flower centerpiece from vogue and brought these people together . rose's ability to soothe , her love and concern , were what the majority of the guests at my table remembered .
in these situations , it is no use looking hopeless or weighed down by the burden of being wife number two .the best thing , i find , is to trade through , thus emphasizing how sensible and mature everone involve is being . i maintained my shiny smile ." isn't it wondeful how rose's career as a travel writer has taken off ?"
"yes ," agreed roger ." i saw a very good article she'd written on china in the financial times , i think it was ."
barry was amused , i could sense him piecing together a history - first wif , a minx , old dogfs , new tricks , etc....., etc -
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