| Later, that same evening, she ran.
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| I think she ran alone.
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| Later, she had early warning from
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| a hidden phone.
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| Checked with the embassy --
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| she might have been
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| a million miles away.
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| Should I circulate her likeness
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| at all airports without delay?
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| It was later --
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| Later, that same evening.
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| Earlier, we had had a drink or four
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| in some Kensington hotel.
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| Hard -- It was hard to keep my mind
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| on what she had to sell.
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| And with all business done
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| we took a cab --
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| should it be her place or mine?
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| Good security prevailed
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| and I was home just after nine.
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| It was later --
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| Later, that same evening.
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| Now I want you back.
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| Yes, they want you back.
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| We want you back.
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| My country wants you back.
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| Later, in the wee small hours
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| there was heavy traffic on the radio.
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| Scare, at a channel port --
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| small craft warnings to keep to shore.
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| Lobstermen thought they saw
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| a submarine
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| half submerged suspiciously.
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| 'Though I arrived too late.
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| I’m sure she blew a kiss to me as the sub sailed out to sea. |