(1979) The Magus - A Revised Version by John Fowles

Author:John Fowles [Fowles, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-20T14:16:38+00:00

‘It was to be shot here in Greece. I’ll explain in a minute.’ She gave me an uncertain look. ‘You mustn’t think we were totally innocent. We didn’t at all say yes at once. Rather the opposite. And he played his cards so well. He was almost paternal. Of course we couldn’t decide at once, we’d want to make enquiries, consult our agent – not that we actually even had one at that point.’

‘Go on.’

‘We were driven home – in a hired Rolls – to think it over. You know, to a pokey top-floor flat in Belsize Park. Like two Cinderellas. He was so clever, he never put any suspicious kind of pressure on us. We saw him, oh – twice, three times more. He took us out. Theatre. Opera. Never any attempt to get either of us on our own. I’m missing out so many things. But you know what he can be like when he wants to charm you. That feeling he can give of knowing what life’s about.’

‘What did everyone else think? Your friends – this producer man?’

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