And Joe answered very frankly. And it turned out to be just as we'd thought—" Amanda," he cut her off. "I know you to be an intelligent person. If y...ou need, please play the recording of that discussion again. But I ask you with all respect and courtesy not to pass off that sort of pacifistic pap to me." 'Pacifistic pap?' That's 'respect and courtesy?'" He could see she was genuinely offended.He took a deep breath. "I apologize for my terms. I have no excuse except that I am angry. You know well. “That will be nice.”He fled to the kitchen to fetch the pudding. There, he took a deep breath, rearranged the swelling in his breaches and composed himself. He washed his hands, picked up two dishes of sweet, creamy froth and returned to the dining room.“Rose, we need to talk,” he said setting down the dishes. “You’ve made your point. Please can we discuss this? I don’t want you to leave angry.”“Tomorrow,” she said.“Tomorrow?”She ate a spoonful of syllabub and appeared to consider his. Pinbu thinamum kalluri kaalai maalai akka mulai suuthai paarpathe velaiyaaga irunthathu.Malaiga akkavirku vayathu 28il irunthu 30 vayathu irukum, akkavirku thirumanam aagi kuzhanthaigal irukiraargal. Aanal en kaama enathirku avargal kandipaaga samathika maataargal endru ennaku nandraaga thirinthathu. Oruvar nambidam pesum vithathai vaithe avargaluku nam meethu aasai irukirathu endru thelivaaga therinthukolalaam.Appozhuthu malika akka than kudumbathin meethu kavanamaaga irunthaal aanal. ‘You look like a little kid who’s just had his Christmas gift taken away.’ She said. ‘No, not that. I just wanted to break in the clean sheets, but realized we don’t have time.’ I sighed. ‘Well there is one thing you could give me a hand with. You see last night I got all hot and lathered by a strapping young guy. I got so wet I soaked the sheets, now I feel all sticky and sweaty, and I could use a hand washing my back.’ She looked me up and down hungrily. ‘Maybe I could even return the favor.’.