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'He looked ghastly, Tom thought, white and exhausted,drained of his vitality. ' Serena smiled at them across the studioreception area. Think you can dothat?''Oh, I expect so,' said Tom. ' He put the phone down,looked at Nico, opened another can of beer.

''You are very like your father,' he said, 'in some ways. She'll know. ''Well, I said there were different sorts of illness. He felt very alone.