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”“Why don’t you give her a break for a change?” said Jake. Going into the tent, confident he had swept 197 the board for the sixth year, he was thunderstruck to find his prize exhibit missing. Nor do I, except in an emergency. Dazzling white little clouds scampered as gaily across a butcher-blue sky as boats with coloured sails danced on the sparkling aquamarine ocean.

”“You can’t just go. Janey’s salary, plus expenses, plus Billy’s steady winnings, plus Kevin’s sponsorship, added up to nearly 100,000 a year. You ought to be bloody well ashamed of yourself. “Six months ago,” she said, and she was off.