''A client? She didn't mention losing a client to me. Poppy says she'svery excited about it, she and Camilla are planning theirdresses. ''It's very good of you to be so magnanimous,' said Tom,'but the fact remains if this bloody business with the woodhadn't cropped up now, we'd still be flying along. ' Except me, he thought, me, by not starting the affair,not damaging that fragile psyche further.
We can'tpay the rent or the rates on our building. She had to end it, start again. Okay?''Sure. On a scale of one to ten,and within that framework, a slightly ruffled hairdo and a pair of dirty trousers probably rated about a nought pointone.
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