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’Hiding away?’

’Mat’s what Parfitt has been telling the directors for the past few days’

’Me bastard!

’Now that you e,’ said Tony

Williahed

’Co out first thing in the !

’I’ll be there as quickly as I can,’ said William

’I may be asleep when you arrive It’ll be your turn to wake me" William put the phone down and looked over at Kate, blissfully oblivious to his new probleh the entire conversation Hoished he could e that A curtain had only to flutter in the breeze, and he ake She would probably sleep right through the Second Con:dng He scribbled a few lines of explanation to her and put the note on her bedside table, dressed, packed - tbis ti a dinner jacket - and set off for New York

The roads were clear and the run in the new Daimler took him only five hours He drove into New York with cleaners,sun, and checked in at the Yale Club as the hall clock chimed once

It was six - fifteen He unpacked and decided to rest for an hour before waking Tony The next thing he heard was an insistent tapping on his door Sleepily, he got up to open it only to find Tony Siown, Willia He was fully dressed

’I ht with you,’iaid William

’No, no, I have to catch a train back to Boston You take a shower and get yourself dressed while we talk’

William went into the bathroom and left the door open

’Now your main problem’ started Tony