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Anne complied, but once Henry had left, she made no atte Sinclair Lewis She kneould take Henry about fifteen minutes to reach his office, so she waited a full twenty and then called his nu tone continued for almost a minute

Anne tried a second time twenty minutes later; still no one answered the phone She kept trying every twenty minutes, but no one ever caan to echo bitterly in her head

When Henry eventually returned ho Anne sitting up in bed She was still reading Sinclair Lewis

’You shouldn’t have stayed awake for ht she could s overly suspicious? ’I had to stay on a little later than I had expected since I couldn’t immediately find all the papers Alan would require Das

’Itthere in the office all on your own in the ht,’ said Anne

~Oh, ies not that bad if you have a hile job to do,’ said Henry, cliainst Anne’s back ’At least there’s one thing to be said for it, you can get a lotyou2 He was asleep in h the plan she had made that afternoon

When Henry had left for work after breakfast the next- not that Anne was sure where Henry went to work any more - she studied the Boston Globe and did a little research a the small advertisements Then she picked up the phone and made an appointment which took her to the south side of Boston, a few iness of the buildings She had never previously visited the southern district of the city, and in norh her entire life without even knowing such places existed

A sarette ends and rubbish created its own paper chase to a door with a frosted glass hich appeared in large black letters, ’Glen Ricardo’, and underneath ’Private Detective (Registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)’ Anne knocked quietly

’Coht in, the door’s open,’ shouted a deep, hoarse voice

Anne entered The s stretched over its surface, glanced up froar stub nearly fell out of his ht of Anne It was the first time a ’ he said, rising quickly ’My name is Glen Ricardo’ He leant across the desk and offered a hairy, nicotine - stained hand to Anne She took it, glad that she earing gloves ’Do you have an appointment?’

Ricardo asked, not that he cared whether she did or not He was always available for a consultation with a mink coat