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“Perhaps you thought I was dead,” Enid said

Schiffer smiled “I’m sure Philip would have told me”

“Have you seen him?”

“Only in the elevator”

“That’s a shame You haven’t been to dinner?”

“No,” Schiffer said

“It’s that da to happen He hired so with her”

“Ah” Schiffer nodded For a ht after all She shrugged, trying not to show her disappointe”

“You never know,” Enid said “Soht hit him over the head”

“I doubt it,” Schiffer said “I’ That’s the difference between girls and wo Women know better”

“You thought Philip was fascinating once,” Enid said

“I still do,” Schiffer said, not wanting to hurt Enid’s feelings “Just not in the saed the subject “I heard a new couple is hton’s apartment”

Enid sighed “That’s right And I’m not very happy about it It’s all Billy Litchfield’s fault”

“But Billy is so sweet”

“He’s caused a great deal of trouble in the building He was the one who found this couple and introduced them to Mindy Gooch I wanted the bottom floor for Philip But Mindy wouldn’t hear of it She called a special h She’d rather have strangers in the building I saw her in the lobby, and I said, ‘Mindy, I knohat you’re up to, changing the ,’ and she said, ‘Enid, you were late three times last year with your maintenance payments’