''That is rather -- unwise. And she had beenlooking forward to the evening so much . It had been a foul andinsensitive thing to say to someone who had gone out of hisway to be kind and friendly to her. Understand that.
''Of course I'm not,' she said, and then realised theindignation in her voice was out of proportion, lowered thedecibel level carefully. Gabriel phoned too; to say he was sorry about her father,to ask after Minty. At thecommittee meeting. ''Oh, what a shame,' said Lauren.
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