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But she thought now, climbing the stairs on legs that were suddenly heavily and weakly weary, the twins,however convenient, were immensely exhausting. Iknew it couldn't be you. I hadn't thought of him before,but I mentioned it and he seemed interested. And Mrs Muirhead.

' Shefelt like a schoolgirl: silly, nervous. 'I love it,' she said happily, sitting down again next toSerena, kissing her impulsively, blowing a kiss across thetable at Ritz. 'Do you want me to come with you?' he said, as shestood at the bottom of the stairs looking up to the first floor,and the room where Felix lay. And above all, she could see for herself now that Louisehad indeed been mad, that Tom had been most horriblyand swiftly trapped by that madne