Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

Author:Maeve Binchy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780345526809
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-01-25T08:00:00+00:00

But she wasn't going out with anyone else. They knew that. It was odd, considering how gorgeous she was. You'd think half the men in college would want to take her out. But perhaps that was it. They wanted to, and yet did nothing about It.

Bill decided to invite her.

Nan said no, she didn't really like the cinema. She was regretful, and Bill didn't think she had closed the door.

"Is there anything you would like to go to? he asked, hoping he wasn't making himself too humble,. too pathetic.

"Well, there is .. but I don't know." Nan sounded doubtful.

"Yes? What?"

"There's a rather posh cocktail party at the Russell. It's a sort of pre-wedding do. I'd like to go to that."

"But we weren't invited." Bill was shocked. "I know." Nan's eyes danced with excitement.

"Bill Dunne and Nan are going to crash a party," Aidan said to Eve.

"Why?"

"Search me."

They thought about it for a while. Why go to a place where you might be unwelcome? There were so many places where Nan Mahon could just walk in and everyone would be delighted. She looked like Grace Kelly, people said, confident and beautiful without being flashy. It was a great art. "Maybe it's the excitement," Aidan suggested. It could be the fear of being caught, the danger element like gambling.

Why ever would you want to go to a wedding party with a whole lot of horsey people from the country, neighing and whinnying? Aidan asked.

Once Eve knew it was that kind of party she knew immediately why Nan Mahon wanted to go. And why she needed someone very respectable and solid like Bill Dunne to go with her.

Jack Foley thought it was a marvellous idea.

"That's only because you don't have to do it," Bill grumbled.

"Oh, go on. It's easy. Just keep smiling at everyone."

"That would be all right if we all had your matinee-idol looks.

Advertising toothpaste all over the place."

Jack just laughed at him.

"I wish she'd asked me to escort her. I think it's a great gas.

Bill was doubtful. He should have known there would be trouble involved once he had dared to ask out someone with looks like Nan Mahon. Nothing came easy in life.

And it was all so mysterious. Who on earth would want to go to a thing like that, where they'd know nobody and everyone else knew everyone?

Nan wouldn't explain. She just said that she had a new outfit and thought it would be a bit of fun.

Bill offered to pick her up at home, but she said no, they'd meet in the foyer of the hotel.

The new outfit was stunning. A pale pink sheath dress with pink lace sleeves. Nan carried a small silver handbag with a silk rose attached to it. She came in without a coat.

"Better in case we have to make a quick getaway," she giggled.

She looked high and excited, like she had looked when she came into Eve's party in Knockglen. As if she knew something nobody else did.

Bill Dunne was highly uneasy going up the stairs, loosening his collar with a nervous finger.

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