'Marianne, what is all this? You've never shown anyinterest in these people before. I want to talk to you about Next Generation -- maybe we could meet after lunch. She dialled the number at Eaton Square; as she did so, shemust have touched the playback button on the answeringmachine. 'I know it does,' said Octavia simply.
'Felix? Felix, it's Tom. 'Tom?''Yes, Octavia?''Tom -- you don't know anything about this, do you?About the money? You do? Who put it there? What's it gotto do with you?''I put it there,' he said quietly. No one except him, Tom thought, watchingthem, would have thought anything was amiss; no one elsewould have noticed But he couldn't explain.
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