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Mary wanted to talk to Reggie alone rather than telling him about the unexpected arrival of Amir and his mother in front of Jasmine. He’d need time to take it all in and she didn’t want him to say something he might later regret. Reggie often took a rather extreme initial position but after he’d had time to mull things over he usually modified his opinions.
Closing the inner door to Reggie’s office, so that the Indian clerk in the adjoining room couldn’t overhear their conversation, Mary perched on the edge of his desk and told him everything that had happened.
He took it more in his stride than she’d expected.
‘So, old Doug was a naughty boy? I remember that housekeeper at BL. Rather a looker. Hair down to her bottom and great big eyes.’
‘You have a remarkable memory, Reggie.’ Mar
