very unsuitableshirt, light woollen check, with a striped, rather battered tie,and with the navy suit he wore brown Hush Puppies. ''Yes, of course,' Octavia had said. Sheswitched off the television and left Sandy cooking the lunchwhile she took Dickon for a walk. It was extraordinary.
'Why not?' he said. Octavia was just putting on her black dress - a low-cut onethat Tom disliked - to go out to dinner with theMacintoshes when Pattie phoned with the news. ''And what do they get in return?''A high profile. She wanted to feel confident and in control,from the moment she walked in the door, and she couldn'tdo that if she was looking scruffy.
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