'She had her plan to cling to: she mustn't let that go. 'There's never any telling withthese things. They are attractive, rich, successful . 'She'll be sending him her love in a minute, thoughtOctavia, half irritable, half amused.
Thetense teenager who had pushed her prawns on and off herfork, piled her plate high with the beans, rejected thepotatoes, had been a worrying stranger. Carltonclearly felt Tom was largely to blame. ' He decided to returnthe warmth. ''That would be heavenly,' said Octavia.
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