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VERONICAismissing.Notpreciselymissing,absent,rather.Forseveraldaysnobodymentionsthefact.ThenonaMondayAnnesays,"IwonderwherethehellVeronicais."
"ProbablywithThag,"Doresays.
"Thag?WhoisThag?"Simonasks.
"Guyshemetatthelaundromat,"Annesays."Hesabroker.HeswithSmithBarney."
"Ifhesabrokerwhatshedoingatthelaundro?mat?"
"Sohesthrifty.Sheshouldhavecalled,though."
"Probablyhavingagreattime.Thetimeofherlife,"saysDore."TheyreprobablysittingtheredrinkingDomPerignonandbuyingandsellingCarbiderightnow."Dorereadsthefinancialpagesofthenewspaperscarefullyandhasfiftysharesinaconcernthatismar?ketingacorrectivefordryeye,ortheinabilitytotear,apainfulanddepressingconditionthatafflictshundredsofthousandsofAmericansandcountlessforeigners,shesays.
"WhatkindofanameisThag?"Simonasksirrita?bly.
"Ithinkitsabeautifulname,"Doresays."VeryScandinavian."
"WellifshedoesntgetherassbackhereprettydamnquickImgoingtogiveherbedaway."
"Simon!"Anneexclaims."Yourebeingpossessive!"
"Idontmeanit."
"Iknow.Thatsthehellofit."
"Youdontwantmetobepossessive."
OnthestreetSimonandAnnegazeatabrand-newHonda,thepaintaglitteringcandyred.
"IdontlikewhatHondadidwiththefrontendthisyear,"hesays.
"Yeah,itsinsensitive."
Simonmakesashapinggesturewithhishand.
"Thatsnout."
Annenods.
"Verywrong.Still——"Heputsanarmaroundher."ThefirstcarIeverboughtwasaHillmanMinx.Everseeoneofthose?"
"Beforemytime,"shesays.
"Aboxylittleragtop.Hadallthepowerofalawn-mower.NeverhadacarafterthatIlikedasmuch."
"Duringwhichmarriagewasthat?"
"Yougettingonme?"
"Notme."
"AndIwasgoingtotakeusforoystersattheOysterBar."
"Imready."
"Acertaindrynesssetsin.Thesituationdriesout,asitwere."
"Ididntmeantopry."
"WhenIwasyoungIthoughteverythingwasveryfunny.Icrackedupalot.Dontdothatanymore."
"Youthfularrogance."
"Idstillliketothinkeverythingwasfunny."
"Iusedtoworkwithchildren,"Annesays.
"Disturbedchil
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