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This is a wor& of fic"ion( References "o real people, even"s, es"ablish#en"s,

organisa"ions or locales are sed fic"i"iosly( All o"her charac"ers, and all

inciden"s and dialoge are drawn fro# "he a"hor.s i#agina"ion, and are

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A reason for Filippa being here is "ha" seven"y "i#es a #in"e her hear"

bea"s(

A" a "i#et "his is how i" is( Si#ple(

Even "hogh i" was si#ple, so si#ple, "o reach o" and "och her "hir"ie"h
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bir"hday, 2eed so soon af"er "he co#ing "wen"y$nin"h,

The proble# was her 3isagree#en"(

She wasn." "o"ally sre abo" "he na"re of her 3isagree#en"( The closes"

she cold ge", if she really had "o be pinned down, was probably so#e"hing

arond significance( Inside her, a deba"e beginning "o brew as "o whe"her

she really did own a significance,

/ecase, when "he chao"ic sop of ov# and sper#a"o4oa is "a&en in"o

accon", wow((( cold well have been o"herwise(

Always on "he verge of vol#es shall spea& "o #e, "hogh" Filippa,

%ew wa"ers "o "he A#a4on, which rolls ever onward,

And she, Swedish srf dde, arriving #essianic ye" ncer"ain of herwelco#e(

She wondered whe"her she shold be offering a grea"er gra"i"de, "ha"

#igh" be i" 5 privileged "o occpy "his chn& of "i#e, "his ca&e "o cons#e

and call her life0 i".s no" given "o everybody, af"er all5

%o" wrong "here( A slippery condi", a canal, easy "o #is"a&e "ha" for a

chain, a chain of casali"y, even"s following on fro# even"s6 so#e necessi"y

had selec"ed her, 7s" her, fro# a choice of #any(

A bi" li&e i" was all 3irec"ed(

A bi" li&e "he 8od old people se(

In 9ne, Filippa s"ar"ed a new 7ob in "he insrance bsiness( Tha".s near

enogh( I".s #ch easier "o say :I.# in "he insrance bsiness: "han0 :I.#

an ac"ary(: For "hen one has "o go "hrogh a big, long e;plana"ion of wha"

an ac"ary ac"ally is or does(

An ac"ary is pri#arily concerned wi"h ris& and "herefore, as soon as

#oney en"ers "he e2a"ion, insrance agains" ris&(


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presen"ed, showing how people.s life e;pec"ancy is rela"ed "o lifes"yle

fac"ors, and, on "he be""ing side, how good a be" "hey are for life insrance,

"herefore how "o calcla"e effec"ive pre#i#s, and "herefore how "o "rn a

profi"(

Filippa has had a lo" of differen" 7obs in her "i#e(

She is inagra"ions( S"ring "he# "oge"her= She has "o "ry(

/rand$new, "hese wa"ershed #o#en"s, my moments she &nows "he# as0

inagra"ed, perfora"ed, renova"ed, discarded( is a dangeros age(

Filippa wen" ho#e af"er her firs" day as an ac"ary, and fain"ed wi"h "he

e;has"ion( As wi"h all firs" days in a new 7ob, she "hogh" she woldn." be

able "o go on(

For "he firs" #on"h, she had Svensson as her ""or( learly a weirdo( ?i"h

an open$nec&ed shir", "oo #ch ches" hair shown( As a "eacher, firs" class(

agey and re"icen", "he old lag who had been on "he office so #any years,

&new every"hing, disagreed wi"h i", and had a 2ie" way rond i"(

5People lie so #ch and s&ew every"hing, i".s dreadfl( All of "he#

dropping dead a" @> and never "oched a drop of alcohol in "heir life( o

&now, "he A#ericans have a "r"h drg, a#y"al5

5I "hogh" "hey sed lie$de"ec"or #achines, said Filippa

The hris"#as par"y "ha" year, a#ong "he &no"s of coldness, "he s"l"ified

conversa"ions, call i" da"e rape, or hris"#as par"y rape 5 when firs"

Filippa began "o feel a li""le woo4y, she &new she.d go on "o lose all


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inhibi"ion and Svensson wold have his wic&ed way wi"h her(

/" she had foiled his plan(

The giddiness increased, and she dropped "o "he herringbone woodbloc&

floor( I" #s" be sodi# a#y"al((( which he had previosly #en"ioned wi"h

sch approval, le" s no" forge"(

5The glass, ge" "he glass((( she #anaged "o whisper(

Had he no" been by her "able a few #o#en"s before= And before dropping

in"o deliri#, her accsing finger was s"raigh" a" Svensson(

Al"hogh she was srprised "he police were no" involved in "he

sbse2en" inves"iga"ion 5 #aybe "o "he s"reng"h of giving hi# a ca"ion,

or a fine, so#e"hing li&e wee&s. wages 5 sac&ing Svensson see#ed

e;cessive( All she wan"ed was "o ensre he did no" do i" "o her again6 o"herpeople shold #a&e "heir own decisions(

He wen" o" wi"h his possessions. bo;( reepily, hnched, loo&ing o"

fro# nder "he sholder sideways, a #arginalised person(

His wife had "hen "rned p a" "he office and #ade a scene( BTha" #s"

have been so#e wee&end in "heir hosehold, s#oldering, flaring, dying

bac&, brs"ing o" again, when he e;plained i"C( She was indignan" abo"

so#e &ind of in7s"ice she fel" she 5 "hey 5 had been sb7ec" "o, and had

#ade "hrea"s, even agains" Filippa, which was despicable in "he

circ#s"ances(

/" she was soon disposed of( The office soon re"rned "o i"s ro"ine( The

door had been closed on Svensson, "he old lecher(

A" a "i#et "his was how i" was(

Filippa wen" ho#e on "he bs( I" was a horrible dan& evening and "he rain

was seeping in"o her ndergar#en"s(

Ac"ally, abo" "he "r"h ser#, she had been lying her head off(

She closed her fron" door behind her and #ade herself an o#ele""e(


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Dne day is a hndred "hosand hear"bea"s6

The cal#er sor" is well$placed for "he happy re"ire#en"(

Dr, perhaps, wi"h "he s"i#la"ion of prsi", "he day is longer, ; -(',

And "he ene#y of "he people has "he lower life e;pec"ancy(

/", wi"hin "he #eaning of "he ac", she is doing i", easily,

s"raigh"forwardly6

Invlnerabili"y, which is no" wha" she e;pec"ed a" all(

?here does plasible have i"s ho#e in all "his= as&ed Filippa of herself(

allos on carpe", she was across "he bed sideways, arching her bac& so

"ha" pal#s and forehead "oched solid floor, yogaes2e( Preoccpied wi"h

herself, she had 7s" drif"ed "o "his pos"re(

%ow she had a good view nder "he se""ee, all "he flff and dead flies 5

and good "ha" nobody else was presen"ly in "he hose, lac&ing clo"hes as

she was 5 a real eyefl for any Peeping To#s(

She had no" seen anybody "he whole wee&end 5 going a li""le loopy, as

wold anyone wold in "hose circ#s"ances(

5I fir#ly believe we need "o inclde plasibili"y, said Filippa(

Plasibly0

5To "he casal observer, Fr Trn2is" had no children(

5The shoes, she dissolved in acid, wai"ing over "en wee&s for "he fol

decoc"ion "o obli"era"e all "races of "he#, before allowing herself "o re"rn

"o "he 4oological gardens(

5I rshed p "he s"airs as fas" as I cold "a&e "he# 5 "o find #y firs" wife

s"ill wa"ching "he "elevision and co#ple"ely oblivios "o "he wedding


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cere#ony 7s" finished below(

5Said "he space#an "o "he cowboy0 If yo can." do i", I can( And so i" was

raygn ra"her "han revolver "ha" dispa"ched or dear friend(

5/ri##ing wi"h sha#e, "hey "oo& "he long and separa"e roads bac& "o

"heir respec"ive hoses, never "o be "hogh" of as ho#es again(

5has"i"y is "he randies" girl yo.ll find "his side of Apple"ree ree& 5 all

we need "o find now is a hair$dryer(

D"side,

Eddy, son of


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by "he civic services( Al"hogh "ha" probably woldn." apply if "here were

an ac"al fire "o p" o" and Eddy.s fa"her #ade "he call(

5And did I ge" a refnd= as&ed Eddy, rhe"orically( I did no"(

A baby, yi&es((( had she 7s" said baby= Li&e wha" wo#en are spposed "o

do=

A clasping, #ewling li4ard a" her breas"( *gghh(

Is her origin plasible= Al"erna"ives0 her paren"s #ay have been doc"ors

or ds"#en or "hieves, or she #ay have been conceived acciden"ally when

her #o"her b#ped agains" a bas"ing syringe(

Realising she was "a&ing in a raw glp of "he niverse, Filippa cringed

bac&, her #o"h beginning "o brn wi"h "he poison(

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Fairness palls( I" really does( o s"ar" off wi"h dedica"ion, a degree of

conscience 5 as, srely, "he person before Leif had done, in "heir "i#e 5

and ye", wi"h fa#iliari"y, co#es con"e#p"( And, wi"h deadlines "o #ee",

efficiencies(

5I wold #ch ra"her prodce hones" copy, I really wold, he gr#bled

"o Filippa(

His 7ob being "o prodce pblici"y #a"erial for a well$&nown ani#al

chari"y( An i#ages #an, s"ill and #oving, he wold go and ge" "he#(

i""ens in d#ps"ers, of corse( Also ca"s wi"h "heir heads s"c& in "ins,

blloc&s wi"h "heir heads s"c& "hrogh ladders( A coc&a"oo resced fro#

"he *ndergrond( A roe deer so#ehow s"randed on a fla" roof, pe"rified(

Predica#en"s "ha" wold be "ra#a"ic, if "ransla"ed "o "he h#an

condi"ion(

I".s 7s" "he day$"o$day wor&ing pressres, "hey blr "he bondaries( So i"

had no" been long before he was "a&ing a degree of pre$wri""en scrip" wi"h


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hi#, and, becase "hey were necessary as well, "he props(

And by 8od i" was his 7ob "o serve "he# p "o "he h#ans who were

sscep"ible in "his #a""er(

Leif "ro""ed rond "he corner and swep" p Filippa in an e#brace( Leif

was older "han Filippa, no" #ch, so#e"hing li&e eleven days, and always

had "ha" air of wisdo#( To which she wold defer, only laghingly(

5E#o"ions are very bad "hings, said Filippa, sch "ha" she #igh" now be

going down a ro"e of clinicis#( And Leif #igh" no" be( /" she was sre

"hey had a long rela"ionship in prospec"(Swedes don." of"en ge" o" of "heir overcoa"s( Leif and Filippa "hogh" of

having a holiday 5 in anada= Dr /arbados, wold be be""er( So#ewhere

war#(

Tha".s if I s"ill have a 7ob( I don." &now if I can &eep doing "his,

She said i" 7s" wasn." plasible "o i#agine hi# ge""ing sac&ed if i" all

ca#e o", b" she wold be "here for hi#, wha"ever, and anyway0 Fetch the

kittens!

Leif and Filippa "oge"her had "his ca"chphrase0 Fe"ch "he &i""ens!

Dn "he basis "ha" a "b of &i""ens cold pre""y #ch solve, a" a s"ro&e, any

ill in "he world(

5Hmta kattungar! Hmta hjlp!

All he wan"ed "o do was ge" "he sho"s and "hen ge" o" of "his place, "he

greyes", coldes", windies" place in Sweden, Swan Land( If we can ge" so#e

sn arond "he #agic hor, gilding "he reeds, bleing p "he sla"e wa"er,

"he swans will reach silhoe""es and "ha" will be a perfec" 7ob done(

In "he %orse #y"h, "he Prose Edda, "wo swans dran& fro# "he ?ell of *rd

in Asgard, ho#e of "he sir( The well wa"er was so pre "ha" "heir fea"hers


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"rned a perfec" whi"e, and "hey "ransferred "his proper"y, by gene"ic

inheri"ance, "o all "heir offspring in perpe"i"y(

The #anager of Swan Land was clearly beco#ing neasy abo" i" all( He

&ep" co#ing o" of and going bac& inside his wooden gif" shop and "ic&e"

office, where no dob" he was observing Leif cover"ly(

Leif s"al&ed ye" ano"her swan, "o ge" i" in"o profile, and "he swan, wold i"

do wha" was as&ed= As he cla#bered "hrogh ano"her ban& of reeds,

fearing "he loss of a shoe in "he poc& of a pddle 5 "here, profile, ge" "he

sho" 5 b" gone again, flee"ing, fgi"ive(((

He "hrew a s"one near "he swan, "o ro"a"e i", ano"her s"one, nearer,

a""e#p" "o(((

5?e are a" "he #ercy of "he swans!

He sho"ed along "he ban&, "he wind cagh" his voice and "hrew i" away

fro# any hearers(

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