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“Well, let’s try and ht,” said Gian Lorenzo “I’nature dish?”

The Contessa showed no interest in the zabaglione, but si her coet up to, when they’re in bed?”

Gian Lorenzo was surprised that the Contessa illing to voice a question he had often thought about but never felt able to express And there orse to cos that hadn’t, until then, even crossed Gian Lorenzo’s mind

“Do you think he climbs on top of her?” Gian Lorenzo didn’t offer an opinion “A feat in itself,” she continued, “because if they did it the other way round, surely she’d suffocate him”

Gian Lorenzo didn’t care to think about the ie the subject “We went to the same school, you know—one hell of an athlete”

“You’d have to be, to satisfy her”

“I even attended their wedding,” he added “A truly h I doubt after all this tiuests”

“Would you really be willing to spend the rest of your life with such a creature, howeverattention to her host’s words

“He claiel”

“In that case, I wouldn’t want to el”

“But if he felt otherwise,” suggested Gian Lorenzo, “he could always divorce her”

“Not a chance,” said the Contessa, “you clearly haven’t been told about their pre-nuptial agreement”

“No, I haven’t,” ad not to sound interested

“Her father had much the same opinion of that clapped-out footballer as I do Old n

an agreehter he would end up with nothing Paolo was also forced to sign a second docu that he would never reveal the contents of the pre-nuptial to anyone, including Angelina”