g to t tted him.

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    day. ter engagement, s sed.

    As  from one engagement to anotill bot odd moments by t sometten. Ferris bate afternoon, often t Jeannine:  quot;Jeannine,quot; ;I o run into my ex-range seeing er all t;

    Elizabet Fifties, and as Ferris taxied uptoersections t, but by time ination it umn dark. tment h floor.

    quot;Come in, Mr. Ferris.quot;

    Braced for Elizabetonis o acknoep back awkwardly.

    quot;tment,quot; tely. quot;Arent you Mr. Ferris? Im Billy. Come in.quot;

    In too  been acknoionally. Bailey was a lumbering red-e manner. ended a welcoming hand.

    quot;Im Bill Bailey. Glad to see you. Elizabete. S;

    t ruck a gliding series of vibrations, memories of table, brusnut , casual intimacy, t-flesably possessed. Ferris so meet Bill Baileys gaze.

    quot;Billy,  tray of drinks from tcable?

    tly, and ;Fine boy you ;

    quot;e t;

    Flat silence until turned ray of glasses and a cocktail sinis. ition: Russia, tment situation in Mantan and Paris.

    quot;Mr. Ferris is flying all tomorro; Bailey said to ttle boy  you o be a sto;

    Billy pus;I  to fly in an airplane and be a ne; ;ts o do w;

    Bailey said, quot;I t you ed to be a doctor.quot;

    quot;I do!quot; said Billy. quot;I o be bot to be a atom-bomb scientist too.quot;

    Elizabeth came in carrying in her arms a baby girl.

    quot;O; stled t;Its grand to see you. Im a;

    ttle girl sat demurely on B