the wife to nathan who brimmed with a desire to help and who said things such ass ," tell me what's wrong . minty ."
or ." you're not to worry ." not surprisingly , that rose had vnished from my life .
she shifted a bag with fashionable buckles and starps from one shoulder to the other . her love of handbags had not changed . the smile she directed at nathan was friiendly and well disposed , and i swear he winced ." nathan . about sam ...."
i raised an eyebrow at nathan , who looked utterly helpless . he ran his hand through his hair ." sam has a bit of a problem , and rose wanted to discuss it ...."
ah ," i said but i did not add : why didn't you tell me ?
"dad .... " there was a cry from the top of the stairs and anthan went out of the room and hissed ." get back into bed . lukey . now ."
rose said ." i'm really sorry , minty . i would not have come if i had known nathan hadn't cleared it with you . i shoukld have realized he would have ducked it ." i gave a little laugh , and hse added ." i remmeber your laugh . it is distinctive , and i could always tell where you were ."
for some reason , thaqt made me feel both angry and sad . " do you still see hal ?" i asked ." how is he ?"
her eyes narrwed , but she answered politely ." we still see each other . of course , quite a lot . it is a great ... a great frienship . 'm lucky in that ."
"i've always wondered .
nathan returned and pressed on rose drinks , coffee , whatever she would like ." some wine ," she conceded .
"i'll check on the twins ," i said ." you 'd better get on with your conversation . don't mind me .
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