Frankie Styne & the Silver Man
“‘What exactly is your problem with it?’ Katie Rumbold asked, smiling hard. She was wearing a skirt and jacket in brown linen, nothing discernible underneath, and her lipstick left faint prints on her glass.
‘It’s never been necessary before,’ Frank answered, evasively. His shirt was sticking to his back. He felt himself colouring and wiped his face with a napkin. The place they ate in was expensive—‘Give the man a good feed,’ Pete Magee had said, as if he were a pet dog. ‘Deserves it,’—but ...it was all show. The tables were marble, the air was cool, the lights small and bright, the food tasted dead. Fortunately the portions were small. There was champagne, and he took a glass to wash the taste away.
‘It won’t stop people saying things about you, you know. You might as well try and steer them in the right direction at least.’ She’d rested her hand briefly on his wrist. It was blindingly obvious, he thought. Their desire to make him articulate it, could only be malice.MoreLess
‘It’s never been necessary before,’ Frank answered, evasively. His shirt was sticking to his back. He felt himself colouring and wiped his face with a napkin. The place they ate in was expensive—‘Give the man a good feed,’ Pete Magee had said, as if he were a pet dog. ‘Deserves it,’—but ...it was all show. The tables were marble, the air was cool, the lights small and bright, the food tasted dead. Fortunately the portions were small. There was champagne, and he took a glass to wash the taste away.
‘It won’t stop people saying things about you, you know. You might as well try and steer them in the right direction at least.’ She’d rested her hand briefly on his wrist. It was blindingly obvious, he thought. Their desire to make him articulate it, could only be malice.MoreLess
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