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of his martini. "Lacks what?"
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Franny said.
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She had had to clear her throat before speaking.
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It had been so long since she had said anything at all.
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Lane hesitated. "Masculinity," he said.
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"I heard you the first time." "Anyway, it was the motif of the
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thing, so to speak, what I was trying to bring out in a
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fairly subtle way," Lane said, very closely following
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the trend of his own conversation. "I mean God.
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I honestly thought it
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was going to go over like a goddamn lead balloon
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and when I got it back with this