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He held the chair for her and let her use his hand for support instead of her cane "How old are you?"

"I worked right up to my seventy-fifth birthday"

"I aer than that"

"Well, I have no fa to die"

He retook his seat across fro ia Marie Ja"

"She stands to inherit some money What can you tell me about her?"

"Money, is it? Good for her, she deserves a few pleasures in life after what she went through"

"What did she go through? By the way, do you mind if I record our conversation?"

"I suppose not" Emma watched him pull a cellphone out of his pocket, set it to record, and then put in the middle of the table "I didn't know phones could do that"

"It can even send this conversation to America, where my boss can hear it…if she is out of bed this early"

"Your boss is a wo people"

"Georgia is ive us any inforo to art school, but she didn't show up What can you tellyou can iine, and sad too when she first came A nanny just dropped her off and that was the end of it When she was little and no one ca her hoot older and preferred to stay at school"

"She is a talented artist, I understand"

"One of the best In fact, I bought one of her paintings" Emma pointed at a country landscape on the wall

"Wow, she is good Mind if I take a picture of it?"

"I suppose not" She waited while he took the phone off the table, stood up and got a close-up of the painting, nature in the photo

"Like I said, she was one of the best"

"Did she sellthe phone back on the table, and then sitting down again

"Oh ht one, and she sold several to the parents of other students at the annual school fair each year"

"Did she become bitter when she realized she was all alone in the world?"