Sublime

Jacaranda tried to focus on Janet Wilton but all she could remember other than that voice was that the woman was wearing ruby stud earrings. $1,200 Jacaranda called Janet Wilton collect as Janet had told her to. The following day, Jacaranda mailed an article she’d written that she thought maybe somebody might like to Janet.

Coincidentally it was the same colour as the jumper worn that day by Shelley, the fire warden on Floor 3, who is 5’5”, has cherry-coloured hair, bites her red nails and is responsible for training and induction at a company called Physical Solutions Limited, which trains carers how to lift their patients without hurting their backs.

ヴァンスにとって「歪ながらも称賛すべき伝統的な結婚の象徴」だったボニーとジムは、モレルが入手した記録によると二度にわたり離婚の申し立てをしている。裁判所の記録と55年3月22日付ミドルタウン『Recorder』紙の発表によれば、一度目は、当時21歳だったボニーが「過度な虐待（extreme cruelty）」と「著しい義務不履行（gross neglect of duty）」を理由にジムとの離婚を申請した。