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''I presume you mean Fleming Cotterill,' said Octavia,'rather than us? Much more important of course. They're divorced. She will want a divorce. And I've got involved with him professionally too.

'Here, have a drop of this,' she said, pouring some of itinto Octavia's water glass. 'Got an early start. It had no effectwhatsoever. 'How could she tell her father, of all people, she had lainawake for hours angry, raging even; that she had gone toSa