''I'm not tetchy,' said Octavia, 'I just don't like people'stroubles being belittled. Very exciting. She could do somethinglike the treadmill and work herself into a well-tuned torpor. Nothing can ever do that.
''And how did you feel when you have to make politeconversation about the weather with Tom?''Tom's not going. ''I know it,' said Tom soberly. ''What was the worst?''Oh, God. That's a hundred grand.
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