SPORLOTT’S HOUSE AND SURGERY IN THE centre of the new town. Cotswold stone had been cemented (a crime in itself) to make low walls round a piece of modern sculpture called Resurrection which looked like a tree struck by lightning. A square from which traffic was banned was called The Piazza, and a notice-board read, ‘To the Tiny Tots’ Playground: Qualified Nanny in Charge During Shopping Hours’. Another building had forthright class-free signs, ‘Men’ and ‘Women’. There was no one in sight as Carolus rang Sporlott’s doorbell at nine o’clock. A woman in a fur coat opened the door. “Oh, you want Roger. I’m just off to play bridge. ROGER! Here’s your visitor! Good night,” she said briskly, and stepped out into The Piazza. Sporlott came forward. “Do come in. Sorry the wife had to go out. Bridge mad. I’m glad you managed to come. Magnus phoned me about you. Sit down,” he said, and after offering Carolus a cigarette lit one himself. Carolus decided to play this one with reserve.
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