coming up behind me on the stairs , poppy said ." that one was taken of mun last year in paxos ."
"i saw the program the other night . it was very good ."
"yes , mum is quite , quite brilliant ." poppy was poised between a challenge and good maners she imposed on herself as the hostess , and the latter got the better of her ." which as bathroom do you want to use ?"
i murmured that i did not mind , and as she led me to the second guests ' bathroom , we passed a small room in which a computer terminal was switched on . the screen saver showed alot of brightly colored fish darting over it .
when i returned from the bathroom , someone had evidently been in there for the screen now read ," poker online game five ."
before we left , i sought out poppy , who was stacking china in the kitchen ." thank you so much for lunch ," i said and then surprising myself ." is everything all right ?"
shre cast a look over the piles of crockery , and her lips tightened . we did not say a word , but she knew that i had seen the online poker on the screen , poppy fixed me with defiant eyes ." absolutely ," she said ." couldn't be better ."
as we drove home in the late afternoon , nathan touched my thigh ." i know you have tried with poppy ." i must have given a visible start , for he added ." am i such a pig ? do you think i don't notice ?"
"no , i don't think you are a pig ." i looked out of the window , unsure of how to respond . i had grown used to saying nothing , anyway , the silences that characterized nathan 's and my life together were deceptive , for they were noisy with the unsaid . the london streets rolled past my vision revealing .
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