The Beaufort Sisters. Jon Cleary

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      First published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979

      Copyright © Jon Cleary 1979

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780002220378

      Ebook Edition © JULY 2015 ISBN: 9780008139339

      Version: 2015-05-19

Dedication

      To

      Shelagh

      and Freddie

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Chapter One: The Sisters

Chapter Two: Nina

Chapter Three: Nina

Chapter Four: Nina

       Chapter Five: Margaret

       Chapter Six: Margaret

       Chapter Seven: Margaret

       Chapter Eight: Sally

       Chapter Nine: Sally

       Chapter Ten: Sally

       Chapter Eleven: Prue

       Chapter Twelve: Prue

       Chapter Thirteen: Tim and Lucas

       Chapter Fourteen: The Sisters

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       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher

Chapter One

       The Sisters

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      ‘Why are so many tennis players pigeon-toed?’ said Prue. ‘They’re very sexy-looking till you get to their feet.’

      ‘Why don’t we just watch the tennis?’ said Margaret. ‘We’ve paid for that, not conversation we could have at home.’

      ‘Oh my God,’ said Sally and half-raised her walking stick as if she might thump her sister with it. ‘Is this another tax deductible expense?’

      Prue put on her glasses, looked out at the four men on the court, frowned, pursed her lips, then took off the glasses. ‘What was I about to say? Something about sexiness in sport.’

      ‘Is sex a sport?’ said Nina. ‘All the manuals I’ve seen advertised, I thought it was a course in bedroom engineering.’

      The Beaufort sisters were sitting in the gold boxes, the most expensive, in the Kansas City municipal auditorium watching the World Professional Tennis Doubles championship. Collectively they were always known by their maiden name, even though all of them were married and all four had been married more than once. Sixteen years separated СКАЧАТЬ