The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt
9781465533180
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Library of Alexandria
Overview
Jean and I and a Miss Latouche, a new arrival and an obvious tart, all had rooms in the same house. Our bedrooms adjoined on the ground floor, Miss Latouche was upstairs; as far as I could see, the family all slept in the kitchen. We arrived at Kingstown Monday morning and went straight to the rooms for breakfast. I was bewildered with delight at the thought of a long day with Jean, but to my disgust he went out directly after the meal and did not return till five minutes late for the 4:30 meal (dinner) much the worse for liquor. He had met a lot of friends, he said. Dinner over, he went to bed in a drunken sleep, out of which we had to shake him when theatre time came. You mustn't worry, Kid, said Miss Latouche, you'll find actors are all very much the same, very selfish. At the theatre Restall took me aside. I gather from the actress’s book that you are living at the same rooms as Jean Messel. I think you're a little fool, that’s all
