Horton Tarot Card

Cleo

I cannot imagine you as Felicia,” he said. “You’re Cleo.” “Are you always in the habit of redefining your female companions?” “If you must know, it’s your hair. Your hair is far more Cleo than Felicia.” She laughed. “Now you’re being silly.” “Sorry it’s a little bugbear of mine,” he said. “Underneath it all, however, …

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Necessary Angel

“What do you think?” I said. “I put my heart and soul into it.” – “Well,” she said, twisting a curl of hair around her little finger, “I still think you could do a hell of a lot better.” The conversation inside his head ran along the following lines. Why don’t you get a job, …

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No News, Julia’s News

Meanwhile in the private room of the Dorian Grey, a Hamburg nightclub, she became virtually acquainted with her double First there was no news and then there was Julia’s news. The card of a beached fishing smack was sent from Corfu where she’d met a Birmingham boy called Scott, master of torque settings, and scourge …

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