Amsterdam (1998)
“He stopped a cab, and having asked the driver to start his clock and stay put by the side of the road, he sat in the back for a few minutes, soothed by the engine’s throb, massaging the right side of his head and considering what to do. Finally he asked for South Kensington.
The light was on in the studio, but Vernon did not ring the bell. At the top of the steps he scribbled a note, which he thought the housekeeper was likely to read first and which he therefore kept vague. He folded it over t...wice before pushing it through the front door and hurrying back to the waiting taxi. Yes, on one condition only: that you’d do the same for me.MoreLess
The light was on in the studio, but Vernon did not ring the bell. At the top of the steps he scribbled a note, which he thought the housekeeper was likely to read first and which he therefore kept vague. He folded it over t...wice before pushing it through the front door and hurrying back to the waiting taxi. Yes, on one condition only: that you’d do the same for me.MoreLess
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