'So you think it was a sort ofpoison pen letter?''Yes. As they grew closer, as it became clear Tom wasextremely important to her, his relationship with her fatherdarkened. 'It just might interest you to know, inyour pompous self-satisfaction, that my husband referred toyou as a Bollinger Socialist. I wish you could meet our MrBingham -- you'd like him such a lot and maybe you couldpersuade him to come in on our side.
''Yes, all right. Tipped the balance. My son works out inone of those places, you know - he's a man of the clothand he says Ethiopia is only just beginning to recover fromwhat he calls the Geldof effect. 'Darling, whatever's the matter?''It's Mummy,' she said, her voice shaky, raw with grief,totally devoid of its lovely musical huskiness.
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