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Chapter 46

           Shecameoutwithawallet;producedtwocuttingsfromit.OneshowedthetwosistersstandinginaLondonstreet,inovercoatsandwoolenhats,laughing.Iknewthepaperbytheprintbutitwasinanycasegummedontoagraycuttingsagencytag:EveningStandard,January8,1953.Theparagraphunderneathran:ANDBRAINSASWELL!Twoluckytwins,JuneandJulie(onright)Holmes,whowillstarinafilmthissummertobeshotinGreece.ThetwinsbothhaveCambridgedegrees,actedalotatvarsity,speakeightlanguagesbetweenthem.Unfairnoteforbachelors:neitherwantstomarryyet."Wedidn’twritethecaption.""SoIguessed."TheothercuttingwasfromtheCinemaTradeNews.Itrepeated,inAmericanese,whatshehadjusttoldme."Ohandthis.Mymother."Sheshowedmeasnapshotfromthewallet;awomanwithfluffyhairinadeckchairinagarden,adumberspanielbesideher.IcouldseeanotherphotoandImadeherletmelookatit:amaninasportsshirt,anervousandintelligentface;heseemedaboutthirty-five."Who’sthis?""Someone.""Areyouengaged?"Sheshookherhead,veryvehemently;andtookthephotoback."Wehadscreentests.SomewomanMauriceknewgaveuslessonsindeportment.Fittings."Sheflickedherdress."Allthis.TheninMarchwecameout.MauricemetusinAthensandsaidtherestofthecompanywouldn’tassembleforafortnight.Wedidn’tcomehere.Hetookusonacruisewithhim.Mykonos,Crete,andsoon.He’sgotabeautifulyacht.""Ah.Iwasright.""Nohonestly.Heneverbringsithere.

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