”Fen nodded dolefully. Another shock was that the 21,000 advance on the manuscript was divided into three: 7,000 on signature, 7,000 on delivery and 7,000 on publication. “Honestly, I had no idea. Helen got out her mirror, added some blusher to her pale, freckled cheeks, ran a comb through her gleaming dark red page-boy, and rearranged the tortoiseshell headband that kept it off her forehead.
Rupert went into the house and kissed his beautiful hostess, with whom he had once been on intimate terms. I’d no idea how he’d feel about Rupert. ”“I’m so sorry. To be selfish, if I’m not selected I don’t want to reproach myself for the rest of my life for having blown it because I didn’t work hard enough.
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