do you, your own wife? Yes, you can smile, but it has not been very funny for me these last thirty years, let me tell you. Anyway, what did she have to say?”
“Nothing, really, that was just a check-up, so it was the same old routine. You know, pee on some moss, spit on a stone and then let her spray you with alcohol from that toothy old mouth. It makes me shudder to think of it. She said she’d get word to me tomorrow, when she could let me know the outcome.
“Where are the children? Shouldn’t they be here to take part in this family discussion?”
“I don’t think so, not really. After al , we don’t know anything yet, do we? Or have you got any ideas?”
“No, not really. I thought I might have a massage off that Chinese girl… that might help, if I a
