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I was bound by drugs, by drink, by horses,by cards. He didn't push me, was what Jill Foster said to Barbara Havers in theambulance. She was party to it all. Richard obviously wasn't out there, though,because after thirty seconds and a few more shouts, the window closed.

Winston Nkata sat in front of the Hampstead police station for a goodfive minutes before he clambered out of his car. She said, Will you call me, then, if you needanything? I won't be needing anything, he replied. She wasrunning two ribbons through her fingers as they entered, as if studyingthe effect that their colour had against her skin. Then you've got whatyou've been waiting for for years: a nightly chance to read War andPeace.