"difficult , nathan . jillky's very settled in the village . parish council and book clubs , and the school is perfect ..." rose turned to nathan and her hair tumbled over her shoulders . nathan ..... nathan reached over and tucked a tendril behind her ear .
"it 's uncanny ." he said in a ow voice ." frieda looks more like you each day ."
rose ignored the gesture but she was pleased ." do you think ?" she's very special . has she told you about the pink bike ? last time i went down , she and i conducted a ballet class . we leaped off armchairs and pointed our toes very , very hard ." she drank some wine .
he said ." savor the merlot ." in a russian accent , which made rose laugh .
"don't remind me of him ." she said , and i had no idea who she meant . she tapped the glass ." this is nice , though . did you buy it at the usual place ?"
i had an impression that i was gazing into one of those fairground mirrors that , by their curvature , invert what they reflect . in theory , it should have been me sitting on the sofa all cozy and intimate and nathan 's hand resting behind my shoulder , and rose should have been peering through the door like a prize snooper .
i must have moved , for they swung round . immediately , nathan looked tense and reared back against the sofa . but rose stayed where she was .i advanced into the room ." since you ask , darling , the twins are fine ." i sat down in the chair opposite them ." have you sorted out whatever it was ?"
rose got to to her feet and smoothed her jacket ." yet and no . i am sure nathan will tell you about it ."
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