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Helen, you know, come on to her when he
was meant to be with you. Helen is so loyal
to you, she couldn’t bear that he was trying
to betray you. This was long before I was
anywhere on the scene. And I said “what
was past was past”. “Or what was past may
very well have been in the imagination
Pat,” I said. “But I sort of got the feeling it
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mightn’t all have been
past you
see”.
He looked anxious. Poor fool Pat. Poor
unfortunate Helen tied to him in marriage.
As if Barry would have made an advance
to Helen. The whole idea was ludicrous.
I was very kind and warm. I told him he
must have got the wrong end of the stick.
I wasn’t even the slightest bit patronizing.
He left me perfectly happy.
€50 to get highlights, he might just think I
was whingeing and whining. And I wouldn’t
want that. But I was looking at myself in a
shop window today, and I thought I looked
old and sad, I feel great. But I realise my
coat is very shabby. And my hair looks a
bit like a lavatory brush. And I’m very tired
and I can’t remember when we last made
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love.
And
it’s nobody’s
fault,
it’s just that
I’d love to have a friend to talk it over with.
Like we did when I was young. Everyone
has problems, I KNOW this. Helen and Pat
CAN’T be happy. I mean of course they
can’t. And surely Eddie and Moya want
more than half an upstairs flat in Mam and
Dad’s house? I mean I’m so LUCKY. I live
with the man I love, the man who loves me.
It’s just that I don’t quite understand why I
But there was one problem. It did mean
haven’t any friends to talk to about it all.
that I couldn’t ask Helen if my looks had
gone off. I was sort of afraid they had. I’m
37 now I have loved Barry for twelve years.
You see everything is much dearer now,
or maybe I just mean that I spend much
more these days. Barry gets things dry
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cleaned for one thing, well he has to, his
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boss is so difficult, insisting they are all
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Interior Design brings to the marketplace a profesdressed like tailors dummies. And though
sional team of craftsmen who understand the importance
he’s not home every night of course ...
of our customers. Our fully qualified experienced coach
the boss says they have to go out places
builders, trimmers and technicians are capable of vehicle
interiors which will delight the most demanding of clients.
and entertain clients a lot, but when he IS
From our dedicated workshop in Galway City we can servhome he loves something like a steak or
ice a national client base.
prawns and a bottle of wine and that costs
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to be a night when he was going to be in
... it’s still a bit hard to make ends meet. I
don’t have anything left to buy clothes.
Or get a good hairdo. He said to me the
other night “Aren’t you a crazy little thing
the way you’ve gone gray as a badger,” and
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