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Оглавление“Why are you pretending not to know your own wife?”
“Maybe the answer, dear Miss Johnson, is that since my wife was such a spoiled, tiresome woman, I’m doing my best to forget that I was ever married...?”
“Believe me—your wife feels exactly the same way about her crummy, despicable husband!” Flora ground out through clenched teeth.
“That sounds like a fair description of my wife,” Ross drawled smoothly. “In fact, it seems as if you’ve already had the misfortune of meeting the lady. If so, you’ll know that she’s a bad-tempered, completely self-absorbed person, who’s incapable of thinking of anyone or anything—other than her own selfish interests.”
“That’s a really foul thing to say!” Flora cried. “I’m not like that. I...”
“My dear Miss Johnson!” he interjected swiftly. “I was, of course, referring to my wife. Surely you can’t imagine that I was talking about you?”
