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That was good,then; that would comfort them both. ''Oh, I'll go and get her. Now, I have acab waiting. Well, no wonder you can't cope with me, Sandy.

Marianne had also spent a sleepless night: but not unhappily. In front of her, framed in thedoorway of her sitting room, stood a tall, immensely thinfigure, dressed in ragged jeans and a tie-dyed shirt. Tom studied his back view, the black andsilver hair, the broad shoulders, the perfectly cut suit, theexceptionally long le Was she very close to you?''I only met her once,' said Marianne.