These Dreams of You

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Less than an hour later, in the back of another taxi on the way to Zan’s hotel, Viv says for the fourth or fifth time, “Are you sure?” and James answers, “Well, I suppose I can’t be absolutely positive, but let’s say I’m more sure about it than about most things.”

Viv says, “I always thought you were sure about everything.”

“Exactly.” He says, “What no one knows is who she is. All manner of confusion there. Alexander thought I arranged it, I thought he arranged it, and when he asked her, she said you arranged it.”