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The Finishing school
THE FINISHING SCHOOL Although you wouldn't believe it now, I used to be an ordinary man in, well, not exactly ordinary job, I was the chief designer for a small aircraft manufacturer making niche planes for the bored, but rich executive. My work was demanding, but well paid, so when I married my wife, Jessica, I suggested that she needn't carry on working in the women's wear shop that she joined after leaving school. Not bad for a couple in their mid to late twenties. We owned our...