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Don't be

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offended,

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but lately we've been on my mind.

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And one day we might wake and find

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a hopeless situation.

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No hurt intended,

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but I have to make a move before

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we find were running out of more

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than time and conversation.

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Mind the bend, Darling.

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I've driven you to the station

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for the last fifteen years.

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You don't have to tell me.

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Careful, there is another one coming up.

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Darling!

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I know this road like the back of my hand.

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Caroline, keep your eyes on the road.

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Good Lord!

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What?

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I don't believe it.

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What?

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It's unbelievable.

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What is?

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You are so irritating this morning.

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There's been a big shake up at Belmont.

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Tony Lloyd has been made MD.

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Do you know him?

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Tony Lloyd previously spent three years

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at Ginsberg Publishing,

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where he worked under

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the Sales and Marketing Director, Donald Fairchild.

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He was my Home Sales Director.

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I told him he was out of his mind

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to leave Ginsberg for Belmont,

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because he was in line for my job.

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Now he's a Managing Director

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and I'm still there.

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It's not your fault, Darling.

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You know, Herman Ginsburg

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should have stepped down years ago.

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I know, you know,

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Herman knows.

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He said he'd retire

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when he was sixty five.

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Well,

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he can't go on for ever, can he?

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He's seventy four next week.

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I must be mad

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to have stayed with Herman.

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Tony Lloyd, MD of Belmont.

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You just hang in there, Darling.

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It's only a matter of time.

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I know,

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I've got another fifteen years

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before I retire.

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Here we are.

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Ohhh, roll on Friday.

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Darling, its only Monday.

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Oh, don't forget.

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We've promised to take

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Jonathon for lunch today,

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before he gets his train for Oxford.

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Are you sure you've kept it free?

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Don't worry, it's in the diary.

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it's not everyday

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a member of our family

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goes to University.

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I'm looking forward to it.

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So is Jonathon.

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So am I.

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It's yonks since you took me

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out to lunch during the week.

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I know.

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Herman is so mean these days

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it's hard enough to claim

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the genuine business lunches.

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Ah, Donald.

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I thought I might look for a job.

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I'm going to have

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a lot of time on my hands.

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Well you've still got me

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to look after.

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Yes of course, but

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I thought I'd like something

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more challenging.

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More fulfilling.

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I've spent the last

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twenty odd years

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looking after you

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and the children.

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I want a job.

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But, that is your job.

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I want something more, Donald.

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I want to go back to work.

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Well, a good idea.

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What about that new flower shop

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in Amersham?

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They're always looking

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for part time staff.

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No, that's not quite

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what I had in mind.

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Why not?

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You're a jolly good

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flower arranger.

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I bet you could get a job there.

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Donald!

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I want to pick up my career.

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I want to go back

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into publishing.

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Darling, you are quaint.

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I must go

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or I'll miss it.

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Don't forget

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to pick up my suit

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from the cleaners.

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Oh and some shaving cream.

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Lather.

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You got foam last time.

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Donald!

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Donald, may I remind you.

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I had a very successful

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career in publishing

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before I bore your children.

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Our children.

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And it was a promising career.

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Alright. Promising.

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I was earning

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more than you.

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And it would have been successful

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if you hadn't got me pregnant

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every two minutes.

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Caroline, I have to travel

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with these people.

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Well, just you remember Donald Fairchild,

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that I'm the one

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who had to give up my career.

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I'm the one who had to

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compromise.

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I'm the one who had to

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deal with all the dirty nappies.

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And I'm the one

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who wants to pick up

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my career.

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You haven't done any

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dirty nappies for years.

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I'm talking metaphorically.

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What was the alternative?

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That I should have

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given up my career?

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Well, I was a good editor.

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I found the Dartington Trilogy.

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Which still sells very nicely,

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thank you very much.

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So don't patronise me.

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Darling, I wasn't patronising you.

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Yes, you were.

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You called me quaint.

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Nobody likes being called quaint.

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It's patronising.

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Sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

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It was wrong.

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Naive, would have been a better word.

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Ugh!

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What?

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You are being naive,

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if you think you can

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go back into publishing,

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just like that.

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You've had no contact

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for over twenty years.

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I shouldn't think

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you'd even get as far

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as an interview.

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Really?

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No.

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These days, they want young people.

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Not middle aged Mums.

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Why do you think

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I'm having such a struggle

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at Ginsberg?

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Why do you think

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we haven't had

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a title in the best seller list

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for five years?

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Because, I've got

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a geriatric chairman,

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who won't spend any money.

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And a puritanical

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editorial director,

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who won't allow

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so much as a bare bosom

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on a cover.

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And a patronising

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and a pompous

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Marketing Director,

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who is a male chauvinist pig.

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Morning. Post.

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Ginsberg Publishing.

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I'll see if Mr Ginsberg

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is free.

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I should have

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been consulted.

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My sales force

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are going to have

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a hell of a job

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selling a book with this cover.

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I don' know how

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you can say that, Donald.

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That is a beautiful

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still life, by Van Gogh.

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it's beautiful, but

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it's a waste of money.

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It won't help

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Gordon Campion's book.

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Ya?

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Beatrice, ask him to call

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me later.

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I'm in a meeting

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with Mr Fairchild

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and Mr McCormack.

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The book is about an artist.

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I think its a most

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apposite cover.

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It's about a randy

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young art student.

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It's a very funny book.

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Herman.

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No thank you, Herman.

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Look.

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With the right marketing.

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I can get you into

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the best seller list.

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I've already done

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a marvellous deal

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with Smiths'.

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Donald.

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What have you got in mind?

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Well.

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A naked girl.

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I know Alistair.

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I know.

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But, a pair of boobs

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can sell an extra

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two hundred thousand copies.

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No!

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No no.

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I've always been

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a responsible editor.

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I'm not going to

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demean myself

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or Ginsberg.

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How about in profile?

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One boob.

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And settle for an extra

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one hundred thousand.

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I'm sorry Herman.

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I don't wish to appear

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Puritanical.

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But, I refuse to be associated

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with anything lewd.

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Herman, he's got to go.

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We've gotta get

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someone young.

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Who can change our image

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and get this publishing company

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into the 80s.

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Hopefully, before

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we're into the 90s.

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Don't worry Donald.

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You'll give yourself

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a coronary.

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Gawd, when I got you

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Jeffery Archer.

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And you rejected him.

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Archer. Smarcher.

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We're not doing too badly.

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Herman, we can't survive

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on our list of dead authors, forever.

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The Ginsberg Dickens.

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The Ginsberg Shakespeare.

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Herman Ginsberg's complete works of

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Lewis Caroll.

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I might as well

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be doing the marketing

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for a firm of undertakers.

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Donald.

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You know my philosophy.

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A good author

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is a dead author.

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Especially, if he's been dead

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fifty years and I don't have to

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pay him royalties.

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Herman.

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Don't worry Donald.

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Alastair is leaving.

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Alright?

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Listen.

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I'm seventy four

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next week.

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You know that.

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Yes. Of course.

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Tomorrow morning

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I'm going to make

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a big announcement.

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Herman. Are you announcing

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your retirement?

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I don't want to say anymore now.

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Alright?

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No. Certainly.

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Ha! Right.

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Donald.

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I've been looking at some of

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your expenses lately.

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Two bottles of Joulet chambagne

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for lunch

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last Wednesday.