He was the perfect gentleman and, unlike the salesmen in the Fitzrovia hotel, there were no attempts at fumbling-in fact they often performed an awkward little dance around their small office to avoid touching at all, as if Juliet were a desk or a chair, not a girl in her prime. It seemed that she had acquired all the drawbacks of being a mistress and none of the advantages-like sex. {She was becoming bolder with the word, if not the act.} For Perry, it seemed to be the other way round-he had all the advantages of having a mistress and none of the drawbacks. Like sex.
( Kate Atkinson )
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