The Dead Hand of History (2009)
“It was his smile that Paniatowski found the most annoying, though there was certainly much else in the man to be annoyed with. She didn’t, for instance, like his air of superiority, especially since he seemed to have so little to feel superior about. Nor did she like the fact that – though far too old to be a callow youth, and far too young to be a dirty old man – he seemed unable to resist the temptation of continually glancing at her cleavage.
And his dandruff didn’t exactly impress her, either.
‘Starting out on the right foot?’ she repeated. ‘What exactly does that mean, Mr Traynor?’ ‘Well, for openers, I couldn’t help noticing as I walked in that you’ve already had the name on the door changed – which announces to the world that you’ve well and truly arrived.’ ‘That had nothing to do with me,’ Paniatowski said. ‘If anyone was announcing I’d arrived, it was the maintenance department.’ ‘Of course it was,’ Traynor agreed, favouring her with a heavy wink.
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