So, what, are you excited then? Me? God no, Im crapping myself. Me too. Christ . . . He turned suddenly and reached for the cigarettes on the floor by the side of the bed, as if to steady his nerves.Forty years old. Forty. Fucking hell. Smiling at hi

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Ciao, Bella! How are you? And how is Rome? The Eternal City is all very well, but Ive been here in Wolverhampton for two days now and thats felt pretty eternal (though I can reveal that the Pizza Hut here is excellent, just excellent). Since I last s

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Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, look to the future. Plenty more faces out there. But as he made his decision, her mouth stretched open into a wide smile and without opening her eyes she said: So, what do you reckon, Dex? About what,

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Part One 19881992 Early Twenties That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and think how different its course would have been. Pause, you who read thi

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What girl? Pretty, earnest, Northern. Got drunk and shouted at your father about the Sandinistas. That was Emma Morley. Emma Morley. I liked her. Your father liked her too, even if she did call him a bourgeois fascist. Dexter winced at the memory. I

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Stay positive, Sid, will you please? implored Candy on a long, controlled out-breath. Gary continued. Remember, keep it fresh, stay connected, keep it lively, say the lines like its the first time and most importantly of all, dont let the audience in

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She pressed two wads of rough blue paper against her eyes. Sorry, sorry, sorry, you were saying. Ive lost my place now, you bursting into tears like that. I think you were telling me that my life was going nowhere, and she began to laugh and cry at t

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When will you stop trying to educate me, I wonder? Never I hope. By the way, in case you hadnt guessed from the Exquisite Prose and all the SHOUTING Im writing this drunk, beers at lunch time! As you can tell Im not a great letter writer not like you

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Really? Evensong at seven. No, but really. Its a nice offer, but after my shift here Im wiped out. I like to just go home, comfort eat, cry. So Ill have to give it a miss, Im afraid. Another time then? Im playing the Bent Banana at the Cheshire Cat i

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The Sound of the Shell The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and hi

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Sometimes he almost wanted to say this out loud, interrupt her and just tell her. But this was not one of those times and instead he thought how tired she looked, sad and pale, and when she looked at the floor her chin had started to pouch. Why didnt

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Thats nice for you both, Im sure. She poured wine into a plastic cup. So if shes not your girlfriend, what do I call her? I dont know. ―Lover‖? Doesnt that imply affection? How about ―conquest‖? he grinned. Can I say ―conquest‖ these days

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So, Ian, can we get two, no, three of the ―Remember the Alamo‖ margaritas. Two or three? Em, are you joining us? Dexter, I told you. Im working. Okay, in that case, do you know what? Well leave it then. Just the bill, please, um . . . Ian left an

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Certainly seems that way, said Emma. What was it, she wondered, this need to brandish his shiny new metropolitan life at her? As soon as shed met him at the arrivals gate on his return from Thailand, lithe and brown and shaven-headed, she knew that t

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19 IN CASE you don't live in New York, the Wicker Bar is in this sort of swanky hotel, the Seton Hotel. I used to go there quite a lot, but I don't any more. I gradually cut it out. It's one of those places that are supposed to be very sophisticated

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Chapter 4 He was much better. He was growing fatter and stronger every day, if it was proper to speak of days. The white light and the humming sound were the same as ever, but the cell was a little more comfortable than the others he had been in. The

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We can come here once again, said Julia. Its generally safe to use any hide-out twice. But not for another month or two, of course. As soon as she woke up her demeanour had changed. She became alert and business-like, put her clothes on, knotted the

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Chapter 44 Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was consequently resolved not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that mor

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Chapter 3 - Alexander the First at Vlna The Emperor of Russia had, meanwhile, been in Vilna for more than a month. reviewing troops and holding maneuvers. Nothing was ready for the war that everyone expected and to prepare for which the Emperor had c

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Chapter 4 - Balashvs mission to Napoleon At two in the morning of the fourteenth of June, the Emperor, having sent for Balashev and read him his letter to Napoleon, ordered him to take it and hand it personally to the French Emperor. When dispatching

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