sam'as grasp tightened on his glass ." actually , i've accepted the job , and i'm off to austin in september ."
"and jilly ?"
"she hasn't made up her mind , but i'm hoping to persuade her ." his gaze shilted away to his wife . evidently some telepathy was working , for at that moment , jilly turned round from a group that included carolyne shaker and rose to look at her husband and the exchange was neither sweet nor happy .
"i'll commute for the first few months , " he said . then added miserably ."i'll miss dad ."
many of the guests did not stay long . those who spoke to me edged over and proffered an excuse : a meeting , a train to catch and you know what the trains are like , carolyn and peter shaker were among the first to go , peter held out his hand . after a second or two , i decided to take it .
" this is dificult , i know , " said peter , " but nathan was , despite everything , a friend ."
"well , yes , a friend , " my inflecttion of " friend " was intended to convey irony ." no doubt you have a meeting to go to ."
"as a matter of fact , i do ."
"a meetinmg that nathan might have attended ? if he hadn't been sacked ?"
carolyn flushed and stuffed a hand under her husband's elbow . on closer inspection , there were signs that peter's el-evation had had an effect . her hair had been cut expertly and the flashy gold earriongs had been replaced with diamond studs . " there 's no need to be like that , minty ."
the shakers dematerialized as martin came up ." must go , the car is waiting . but we will be in touch , as you know , minty ."
"and jilly ?"
"she hasn't made up her mind , but i'm hoping to persuade her ." his gaze shilted away to his wife . evidently some telepathy was working , for at that moment , jilly turned round from a group that included carolyne shaker and rose to look at her husband and the exchange was neither sweet nor happy .
"i'll commute for the first few months , " he said . then added miserably ."i'll miss dad ."
many of the guests did not stay long . those who spoke to me edged over and proffered an excuse : a meeting , a train to catch and you know what the trains are like , carolyn and peter shaker were among the first to go , peter held out his hand . after a second or two , i decided to take it .
" this is dificult , i know , " said peter , " but nathan was , despite everything , a friend ."
"well , yes , a friend , " my inflecttion of " friend " was intended to convey irony ." no doubt you have a meeting to go to ."
"as a matter of fact , i do ."
"a meetinmg that nathan might have attended ? if he hadn't been sacked ?"
carolyn flushed and stuffed a hand under her husband's elbow . on closer inspection , there were signs that peter's el-evation had had an effect . her hair had been cut expertly and the flashy gold earriongs had been replaced with diamond studs . " there 's no need to be like that , minty ."
the shakers dematerialized as martin came up ." must go , the car is waiting . but we will be in touch , as you know , minty ."
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