“I SAY, “if you don’t want to tell me why you’ve chosen this place, where were you before?”“Before?”“Where were you working?”“All over.”“In London?”“I tried London, yes.”“What happened?”“What didn’t? A chapter of accidents.”“Did you get close to making it?”“I think so.”“What went wrong? It can’t have been your ability.”“It wasn’t.”“What, then?”“Like I said. A chapter of accidents. Instead of being in the right place at the right time I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”“How old are you?”...“Twenty-two.”I light a cigarette.“Sounds to me as if you gave up very easy,” I tell her.“Does it?”“I mean, twenty-two. Hardly too late for a comeback, is it?”“You don’t know what happened.”“What could have happened? You missed out first time round. Who doesn’t? And you’re hardly going to get a second chance round here.”“Aren’t I?”I shrug.“Want to manage me, do you?” she says.“All right.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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