【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER FOUR（1）
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So I‘ll come straight out with it. Take a seat.‘
Scott lit a cigarette and Emma
hoisted1 herself onto the bar stool opposite his large, untidy desk. A wall of boxes filled with vodka, tequila and cigarettes – the stock deemed most nickable‘ – blocked out the July sunlight in a small dark room that smelt of ashtrays and disappointment.
Scott kicked his feet up onto the desk. The fact is, I‘m leaving.‘
You are?‘
Head office have asked me to head up the new branch of Hail Caesar‘s in Ealing.‘
What‘s Hail Caesar‘s?‘
Big new chain of contemporary Italians.‘
Called Hail Caesar‘s?‘
That is correct.‘
Why not Mussolini‘s?‘
They‘re going to do to Italian what they‘ve done to Mexican.‘
What, fuck it up?‘
Scott looked hurt. Give me a break, will you, Emma?‘
I‘m sorry, Scott, really. Congratulations, well done, really—‘ She stopped short, because she realised what was coming next.
The point is—‘ He interlocked his fingers and leant forward on the desk, as this was something that he‘d seen businessmen do on television, and felt a little aphrodisiac rush of power. They‘ve asked me to appoint my own replacement as manager, and that‘s what I wanted to talk to you about. I want someone who isn‘t going anywhere. Someone reliable who isn‘t going to run off to India without giving proper notice or drop it all for some exciting job. Someone I can rely onto stick around here for a couple of years and really devote themselves to . . . Emma, are you . . . are you crying?‘
Emma shielded her eyes with both hands. Sorry, Scott, it‘s just you‘ve caught me at a bad time, that‘s all.‘
Scott frowned, stalled between
compassion2 and
irritation3. Here—‘ He yanked a roll of coarse blue kitchen paper from a
catering4 pack. Sort yourself out—‘ and he tossed the roll across the desk so that it bounced off Emma‘s chest. Is it something I said?‘
No, no, no, it‘s just a personal, private thing, just boils up every now and then. So embarrassing.‘
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