Streaking (2011)
Streaking
““How do you feel?” he said, as she got out of the car.
“Better,” she assured him. “Much more relaxed than I did this time yesterday. Like a cow with bloat whose belly’s just been punctured by the vet’s giant hypodermic.”
“That’s a truly repulsive analogy.”
“I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry about going on at you so much—it was just more bloat, more hot air. I’m okay now. I’ll see you back in Cockayne.”
“Sure,” he said. “Take care.”
“I always do, she assured him.
It only requi...red a further twenty minutes to drive back to Cockayne. Bentley had the usual stack of telephone messages for him, and the mail that had accumulated over the previous few days was unusually prolific—a further effect of his father’s death.
“I’m afraid some of it’s urgent,” the butler said.
“I can see that,”MoreLess
“Better,” she assured him. “Much more relaxed than I did this time yesterday. Like a cow with bloat whose belly’s just been punctured by the vet’s giant hypodermic.”
“That’s a truly repulsive analogy.”
“I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry about going on at you so much—it was just more bloat, more hot air. I’m okay now. I’ll see you back in Cockayne.”
“Sure,” he said. “Take care.”
“I always do, she assured him.
It only requi...red a further twenty minutes to drive back to Cockayne. Bentley had the usual stack of telephone messages for him, and the mail that had accumulated over the previous few days was unusually prolific—a further effect of his father’s death.
“I’m afraid some of it’s urgent,” the butler said.
“I can see that,”MoreLess
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