Still trying to understand Clara, he asks her about the pressed leaf in her travel book.

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But Tony wants not just a wife but a perfect wife, and when he innocently asks her to curb her expensive obsession, she tries to please him, to a horrible end.

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Is her husband along for the cruise? he asks, closer to her ear than he should be, breathing in.

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Before he dispatches her, she asks him to protect a young girl named Victoria for reasons unknown.

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The next, as Al Haig is still reeling, she asks in sweet motherly tones whether he'd like her to pour the tea.

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As Bervy, her rival, ends his tour of Checkerboard, Murphy asks him what he thought.

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Ms Pryce repeatedly asks Huhne to confirm that she received the points, but he denies it, advising her not to speak to journalists.

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