219 wivebehavingbadly

. reality shows ,  property and things . chris thinks we will improve the margins that way . there are  a coyuple of good ideas going through the pipeline at the moment ."
"and ...?"
" you 'll have to talk to barry , but i have a feeling ....' she paused , then added ." chris feels we should not get too cultural or earnest . it brings the strike rate right down ." she giggled . " do you know what he's called the middle -age - proposal ?"
" tell me , deb ."
' finished at  forry ."
later on , in the editorial meeting , we discussed strike rates , and i heard myself issuingcomments that made enough sense to get me through , not that either chris or barry paid me much attention . they  were fat too busy talking to each other
"okay ," i said , and my voice sounded rusty and foreign to me ." there's an article i read in harper's about ballerinas . one of them , nora pavane , is quite something , and a defender of arts . t think we  shoould grab her and ask her to participate in a series on dance ."
chris reflected ." get her to front even ."
'yup , " said barry ." soung good ."
"i'll work on the treament and thinkj about the format ." i said ."ed golightly at BBC2  might he enterested . he's an arts editor , and i met him at a vistemax do , i could set up the meeting ."
"sounds good ." repeated barry .
on the way home , i sprinted into theo's offiice . i want to talk over my financial and legal position , and he had suggested that i call in .
thei sat me down at his desk and ordered up some tea ,  which arrived in a china pot ." the next few months won't be easy , " he said .