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Chapter 8, section 4: Amazons and togas in the garden

The room was small and the walls covered with a yellowish paint that was peeling itself off to reveal lime green underneath, and a further mottled brown under that. The floor was carpeted wall to wall, although the carpeting had long ago succumbed to too much traffic and too many unattended cigarettes.
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Chapter 8, section 3: dinner, dancing and les petits morts

Her smell still filled his nose. Her smell, and the tang of orange juice.
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Chapter 8, section 2: The night before

The previous day was relaxed enough. He checked in on Gaetan, then continued his tour of pawnshops and picked up a few more gurkha knives, along with a handful of tips on various rivals’ activities. He inquired with a trusted associate about iris-scan security systems, and ordered one for each of his domiciles. He also checked in on a few business interests.
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Chapter 8: Hermes is well and truly screwed

Hermes stared at the ceiling and wondered how he had arrived at that exact, irritating point. It wasn’t the being tied down spread-eagled, with arms and legs roped to the posts of a bed that irritated him. Or the waking up naked in a different place than where he had gone to sleep.
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Chapter six, section 2: in-flight entertainment

“Ooga-chukka-ooga-chukka-ooga-ooga-ooga-chukka.” Dionysos clapped his hands in delight. “Keep that going and we’re in business!”
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Chapter 5, section 4: Urban Zen

He picked up the plastic bag from Zahra’s and climbed the stairs. When he unlocked the front door his electric security panel beeped at him until he fingered the key code.
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