'I cannot reveal who our backers are,' he droned on, 'but very substantial funds will be available should the very talented group, whose names I also cannot divulge at this stage, win the franchise. All the legends of the Neckar, which I invented for that unstoried region, are here; one is in the Appendix. He longed to ring her now to explain why he wouldn't be ringing her tomorrow, or any day after that, but he didn't dare in case he weakened. Maud, wearing only a sliding emerald-green towel now, sat at the brilliantly lit mirror, different eyeshadows littering the shelf in front of her, as though a paintbox had been upended.
It was Miss Madden, puce as a beetroot, bringing him a cup of coffee and two rounds of roast beef sandwiches. Rupert shrugged. He'd better have a quick shower and blow dry his hair beforehand; then he could legitimately keep his make-up on justbronzing gel, a bit of creme puff and dark brown mascara forthe ball. She left Billy for a bit and went off with one of his sponsors, and they're always broke.
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