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Gabriel went over to congratulateher. ''Oh, my God,' said Marianne very slowly. I get - I don'tknow. Especially to their husbands or wives.

Her father's concession -- the equivalent, surely,of a deathbed confession -- had shifted the whole world onits axis and her own position in it. I'll fax thosecirculation figures over to you later today. Come on, tell your old aunties. Just fuck off, then,' said Zoe.