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'So they say' I replied. Like most novelists (and in this regard the successful are no different
from the unsuccessfulindicating there might be some merit to the idea as well as the usual free-
floating paranoia)I never trusted publishers' promises.
'I think you can believe them on thisMike —
Darcy's Admirer was the last book of your old
contractremember.' Harold sounded almost sprightly at the thought of forthcoming contract
negotiations with Debra Weinstock and Phyllis Grann at Putnam. 'The big thing is they still like
you. They'd like you even moreI thinkif they saw pages with your name on them before
Thanksgiving.'
'They want me to give them the next book in November? Next month?' I injected what I hoped
was the right note of incredulity into my voicejust as if I hadn't had
Helen's Promise in a safe-
deposit box for almost eleven years. It had been the first nut I had stored; it was now the only nut I
had left.
'Nonoyou could have until January fifteenthat least' he saidtrying to sound magnanimous. I
found myself wondering where he and Debra had gotten their lunch. Some fly placeI would have
bet my life on that. Maybe Four Seasons. Johanna always used to call that place Vall [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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