my former colleagues from vistemax clustered round me . rose's former colleagues clustered round her . in between , there was a no-man 's land of relatives and friends who were not quite sure ti which camp they should seen to belong . the twins veered between the two , and i lost count of how many times someone reached out almost absently placed a hand on one or other of their heads .
a combination of shock . grief , the excellent wine - you could take your pick - loosened tongues . i negotiated past maeve orley with a plate of sandwiches , just as she was confideing to carolyne shaker , " of course , he was a niice man but he wasn't exactly loyal to his family ...."
carolyne , dull , sweet carolyne trussed up in a too-right navy blue suit , replied , " well , he was loyal in his way ."
nathan's cousin clive colleared me ." you must remember me . we met at poppy and richard's wedding partty ."
"clive , of course , " clive -the- expert on wind turbins , arguably the most boring suject on earth .
clutching his wine , he edged closer and i noticed that his black tie was stained and his shirt was fraying at the cuff . " what did the old boy die of ?" he seemed anxious and unsettled ." he wan't ... you know ..." clive tapped his nose ." someone mentioned he was ...er , in bed ."
there and then , i abandoned clive and made my way over to sam . glass in hand , he swung ariound . " minty ..." he searched for something ." i want to say how sorry i am ."
emotions had never been sam's strong point , and he looked uneasy . but i persisted ." he talked about you a lot . i know he wanted to talk to you about america ."
a combination of shock . grief , the excellent wine - you could take your pick - loosened tongues . i negotiated past maeve orley with a plate of sandwiches , just as she was confideing to carolyne shaker , " of course , he was a niice man but he wasn't exactly loyal to his family ...."
carolyne , dull , sweet carolyne trussed up in a too-right navy blue suit , replied , " well , he was loyal in his way ."
nathan's cousin clive colleared me ." you must remember me . we met at poppy and richard's wedding partty ."
"clive , of course , " clive -the- expert on wind turbins , arguably the most boring suject on earth .
clutching his wine , he edged closer and i noticed that his black tie was stained and his shirt was fraying at the cuff . " what did the old boy die of ?" he seemed anxious and unsettled ." he wan't ... you know ..." clive tapped his nose ." someone mentioned he was ...er , in bed ."
there and then , i abandoned clive and made my way over to sam . glass in hand , he swung ariound . " minty ..." he searched for something ." i want to say how sorry i am ."
emotions had never been sam's strong point , and he looked uneasy . but i persisted ." he talked about you a lot . i know he wanted to talk to you about america ."
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