' She felt disproportionately touched; her life had not contained a great deal of kindnesslately. He was in herquickly, and they came quickly too, both of them. Octavia saw her look over in her directionsuddenly, and then whisper something else in Tom's ear; heglanced over at her himself, and then they both laughed. He wentdownstairs and into her study; yes, there it was, sitting onher desk.
Anyway, if you wantto discuss this further, just phone. She looked out of thewindow, at the still-grey morning, the swirling mist; somecrows had settled on the cattle trough, seemed to be staringat her. ''You must be pleased about -- well, about how thetakeover turned out. Well, I shall have to tell Felix that.
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