April 9, 2020

The wife, obviously a methodical lady, made a list of the attributes on which she would have to rely were she to set out on a new unmarried existence. The document, left face upward beside the telephone, was headed MY ASSETS and began 1. extreme physical beauty 2. a certain ability to type. She also made a list WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE in which the house itself came first, someone called Gaston second and the rest of the family also ran. What was surprising about these lists was not that they should have been made (we all have to sort our priorities) but that they should have been left so obviously to add interest and excitement to our stay.

(John Mortimer, Murderers and Other Friends.)

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