'Christ, how awful,' he said. ' God, what did you say to someone in thissituation, someone whose adored mother was going to die?'I'm so, so sorry. It's true. 'Sandy sat down; he felt as if he was isolated in some kindof sealed capsule, everything outside seemed rather hazy and muffled.
'Where the hell have you been? With her? You have,haven't you?''No, I haven't,' he said. Hecouldn't see him anywhere. 'Marianne said nothing; but she thought of Louise lyingnear to death, if not dead, in hospital, and of Octavia, hurt But you'd better deliver.
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