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''Zoe,' said Marianne, 'it's a little hard on Tom, I think. Who would, whocould replace her? It was not just a betrayal, she could seethat now; it was a death in her life, and one she wouldnever recover from. Probably ashe intended. 'Not generous at all.

'Well, she has lost the baby. 'Should we go and talk about it,do you think?' and she pulled a great length of paper towelfrom the wall unit, handed Octavia half of it, and then tookher arm, blowing her nose as she did so. 'What are you looking for, Mummy?''Oh - something of Granny's. He led her into thebedroom; that was finished as well, done in what hermother would have described as wedding-cake style;