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a two-week Tindolini perm, set and touch-up.
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- Good shot.
- Yes, it was. Yellow.

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You see, you don't know her as well as
I do. You think you do, but you don't.

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If you fail her, by which I mean
cancelling the account at Harrod's...

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or shortchanging her on winters in Jamaica,
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She'll be back to me in a
jiffy, mewing for support.

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And, guilty wife or no, she
may be entitled to get it.

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- Green.
- Money isn't everything.

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And what if she is used to
luxury ? Whose fault is that ?

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It's not a fault if you can afford it.
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But can you ?
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Knowing you to be hard up-- brown--
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has she shown any signs
of mending her ways...

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in these last, idyllic three months ?
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Blue. When, for instance,
did she last turn down
Dom Perignon in favor of--

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no offense, mind you-- the
persuasive charms of Dago Red ?

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Black.
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No, I'm not joking. How much has
this brief liaison cost you so far ?

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And that old Dad of yours in Soho--
when did you last send him any money ?

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We have talked about money.
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Often I've told her we spend too much.
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- She takes no notice ?
- No.

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Silvery laugh.
Coquettish turn of the head.

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Something like that.
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Well, it's to solve this little problem
that I've invited you here tonight.

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And this, as they say, is
where the plot thickens.

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What plot ?
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Whatever are you doing with
that cue in your hand ?

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I was waiting for you to miss.
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Foolish boy.
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Once upon a time, my dear Milo,
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there was an Englishman called Andrew Wyke,

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