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\u2018That is possible, of course it is. However, the fact remains that I\u2019m me, and I have only one way of seeing life.\u2019 \u2018And it looks better to you through the bottom of a glass of whisky?\u2019 \u2018Undoubtedly.\u2019 Lisa Wilson shook her head in exasperation. \u2018But, Charles, just think how much of your time you waste by drinking.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018It gets me through it,\u2019 he responded doggedly. \u2018Without the booze, life would just take so long.\u2019 \u2018Hm. And have you ever tried to give up? I mean, seriously tried?\u2019 \u2018I\u2019ve tried to cut down from time to time. I\u2019ve gone whole days without a drop,\u2019 he added virtuously. \u2018But never really tried?\u2019 \u2018If you mean by that, have I ever joined something like Alcoholics Anonymous, then the answer\u2019s no. I couldn\u2019t stand all those smug, self- righteous people swamping me with the patronising zeal of the converted.<\/p>\n

No, thanks. If I decided to give up, I\u2019d do it on my own.\u2019 \u2018But could you \u2013?\u2019 \u2018Actually, I heard this joke,\u2019 Charles interrupted, trying to lighten the atmosphere. \u2018\u201cFriend of mine used to have a drinking problem, so he joined Alcoholics Anonymous. He still drinks, but under another name!\u201d\u2019 Lisa Wilson was not to be deflected by humour. \u2018Could you actually give up, Charles?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Give up booze? Of course I could.\u2019 His head was aching more than ever now. All he needed was a drink to melt away the pain. \u2018It\u2019s just that I don\u2019t want to,\u2019 he concluded. She sat back, with a cynical curl to her lip. \u2018And what\u2019s that expression meant to mean, Lisa?\u2019 \u2018Just that I don\u2019t think you could give up.\u2019 \u2018Of course I could.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Yes?\u2019 Her patent disbelief was beginning to annoy him. \u2018Yes, of course I bloody could! Just like that. All right, I won\u2019t have another drink till I leave Bath.\u2019 As a smile of satisfaction spread over Lisa Wilson\u2019s face, one thought dominated Charles\u2019s mind. It was: Oh my God, what have I said?<\/p>\n

\u2018Good,\u2019 said Lisa quietly. Then she stood up. \u2018There\u2019s a corner shop along the road. They\u2019re open every day of the week, and do sandwiches and Cokes and all that stuff. Shall we grab some there to have for lunch?\u2019<\/p>\n

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This title first published in Great Britain in 1997 by Victor Gollancz eBook edition first published in 2012 by Severn House Digital an imprint of Severn House Publishers Limited Copyright \u00a9 1997 Simon Brett. The right of Simon Brett to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.<\/p>\n

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. ISBN-13: 978-1-4483-0021-1 (epub) Except where actual historical events and characters are being described for the storyline of this novel, all situations in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to living persons is purely coincidental. This eBook produced by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland. OceanofPDF.com To David and Jacqui OceanofPDF.com Chapter One THAT September morning Charles Paris had his trousers round his ankles, but it was for entirely professional reasons.<\/p>\n

He was taking part in the final London rehearsal for the forthcoming three-month tour of Not On Your Wife!, a new farce by the prolific British farceur, Bill Blunden. Charles was playing Aubrey, the older lover of Gilly, wife of Bob, the advertising executive who was pretending that his young mistress Nicky was in fact the property of his hapless neighbour, Ted, played in this Parrott Fashion production by the well-loved comedy actor, Bernard Walton. In the scene they were rehearsing, Charles Paris, as Aubrey, had just arrived for a bit of illicit afternoon pleasure with Gilly .<\/p>\n

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