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First published in Great Britain 1989 by William Heinemann Limited

Copyright © Angela Huth 1989

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‘The Fuchsia Auberge’ originally appeared in London Daily News, ‘Ladies’ ‘Race’ in Winter’s
Tales and ‘Sudden Dancer’ in Woman’s Own. ‘The Bull’ and ‘Irish Coffee’ originally appeared
in Good Housekeeping. ‘Balloons’ originally appeared in Male and Femail, ‘A Matter of
Diplomacy’, in Cosmopolitan and ‘The Weighing Up’ in Harpers & Queen. ‘Donkey Business’,
‘Mother of the Bride’ and ‘The Weighing Up’ have been read on the BBC’s Morning Story.

The quotation on p. 141 comes from The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard. Reproduced by
permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.


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