She closed her eyes."Anything," she said. "I'll do anything, sir."A slow smile crept onto Claude's face. "Then come here."Renee didn't hesitate. She l...ft her chair and walked to him only slightly more slowly than her usual pace.He pushed his food away.He examined the girl as she stood before him. The slight curves of her hips, her small hands clasped in front, the hair that was still damp spilling over one shoulder. She stared at the floor, her whole body taut."First," Claude said. "First, I'll. Glad I didn’t go to bed with her. Relieved. Vindicated.I thanked them. And paid them. $5,000 for one night’s work. An all-nighter, but worth it to Sullivan & Sullivan. And to me.Language can be interesting, can’t it? A friend of mine from Mobile once told me that the greeting, ‘Y’all’ assumes, genteelly, that no one would be so unfortunate as to be alone.I was reading about the word ‘pretty’ the other day. A common word, one whose meaning we take for granted. But think of a foreigner trying to. Janice had asked for an estimate on a much neededrepair of the air condition. The price quoted, though high, was fair, and soshe paid him for the job. He wanted to prolong his stay, but soon gave up theidea. It was a simple job and if he took too long, it would make himself seemincompetent. Besides, she was too young, too pretty, and too intelligent. Inshort, Janice was too good for him. Hewas surprised several weeks later to see their address show up on his company?sappointment list one day,. Par bilkul neeli aankein gulabi honth aur pyaara shakal. Wo lehenga pehni us shaadi ke raat aur unka pith aadha khula tha. Up ke conservative family me bada hi hot lag raha tha ye par aur manisha mausi ke adkhule chikne pith, unki ubhar bhadi stan aur matakti mast gol gaand aur wo lachakti patli kamariya haaye kya chikni chikni pet.Ye sab nazaaro se sab hi unpe dore daal rahe thein. Rishte naate bhul ke! Unke cousin bhai bhi unhe hawas ki nigaahon se dekh rahe the. Mera to khara hua para tha!..