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’The answer to your second question is that you have no personal or legal obligations to Mr Henry Osborne at all Under the terms of your fathers will, youvrith a Mr Alan Lloyd and a Mrs John Preston, your surviving godparents, until you coain William’s face showed no expression at all
Cohen had already learned that that meant he should continue
’And thirdly, Mr Kane, you can never re as he remains married to your mother and continues to reside with her The property coht on her death Were he’still alive then, you could require him to leave I think you will find that covers all your questions, Mr Kane!
’Thank you, Mr Cohen,’said Williaed for your efficiency and discretion in this matter Now perhaps you could let es?’
’One hundred dollars doesn’t quite cover the work, Mr Kane, but we have faith in your future and’
’I do not wish to be beholden to anyone, Mr Cohen, You ain With that in mind, how much do I owe you?’
Mr Cohen considered the matter for a ed you two hundred and twenty dollars, Mr Kane’
William took six twenty - dollar notes from his inside pocket and handed them over to Cohen This tirateful to you for your assistance, Mr Cohen, I aain Good day, sir’
VrDod day, Mr Kane May I be per your distinguished father but having dealt with you, I wish that I had’
Willia for the baby kept Anne fully occupied; she found herself easily tired and resting a good deal Whenever she enquired of Henry how business was going, he always had soh to reassure her that all ithout supplying her with any actual details
Then one ain This tiave more details, the names of the women involved and the places they could be seen with Henry Anne burned them even before she could commit the names or places to memory She didn’t want to believe that her husband could be unfaithful while she was carrying his child Someone was jealous and had it in for Henry, and he or she had to be lying
The letters kept co, sometimes with new nainning to prey on her mind She wanted to discuss the whole problem with someone, but couldn’t think of anybody in whorandmothers would have been appalled and were, in any case, already prejudiced against Henry Alan Lloyd at the bank could not be expected to understand as he had neverNo one see a psychiatrist after listening to a lectumund Freud, but a Lowell could never discuss a faer
The matter finally came to a head in a way that even Anne had not been prepaxed for One Monday , she received three letters, the usual one fro if he could once again spend his surnmer holidays with his friend Matthew Lester in New York Another anony an affair with, withMilly Preston, and the third fro if she would be kind enough to telephone andbreathless and unwell, and forced herself to re - read all three letters Willia that he preferred to spend his holidays with Matthew Lester They had been growing continually further apart since herthat Henry was having an affair with her clossest friend was i that it had been Milly who had introduced her to Henry in the first place, and that she was Williaodmother The third letter from Alan Lloyd somehow filled her with even more apprehension The only other letter she had ever received from Alan was one of condolence on the death of Richard
She feared another could only mean more bad news
She called the bank The operator put her straight through
’Alan, you, wanted to see me?’
’Yes, my dear, I would like to have a chat sometime When would suit you?’
’Is it bad news?’asked Anne
’Not exactly, but I would rather not say anything over the phone, but there’s nothing for you to worry about Are you free for lunch, by any chance?’