And she certainly had pretty close to it. And make sure youreturn any calls promptly this time, won't you, Tom?''Felix, of course I will. Thanks anyway. 'He's a rock,' he had said over and over again, asthey laughed at his heartiness, his old-fashioned manners,'and Louise needs someone like that, someone reliable andstrong.
One of the things she loved bestabout him was that he was always on the side of absolutepragmatism -- she could trust him to be honest. Marie France lay in a drunken sleep in the guest room;Serena had no idea what to do about her in the morningeither. 'I've kept the envelope, Tom, if you want it. And if, as you say, Lloyds Bank aren't going to come upwith the goods, then we do have a problem and maybe Ishould throw some names into the ring.
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