“I need you to look at a rash,” said a Loews
guest. “But I have meetings all day and dinner tonight. Could you be at my room
at 9?”
He meant 9 p.m. His
call arrived at 9 a.m. Appointments more than a few hours ahead end badly more
often than not, so I avoid them.
“I’m always
available,” I said. “But we’re both busy people. Phone just before you get to
your room, and I’ll come over.”
He phoned at 7 p.m.
to say he’d be delayed till 10. I waited at home. He phoned at 9:30 to say he
was on his way. I arrived at 10. No one answered when I knocked. He appeared at
10:20 with apologies.
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