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rantsinthetonyRoppongidistrictofTokyo.Ithadbeeninbusi-
nesssincethelatesixties,andwhileitscuisinewashardl
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edge,itshighreputationwasfullyjustified.Ithadmanyrepeat
customersandtheywereneverdisappointed.Thediningroom
hadacalm,relaxedatmospherewithoutahintofpushiness.
Ratherthanayoungcrowd,therestaurantdrewanolderclien-
telethatincludedsomefamousstagepeopleandwriters.
Thetwofull-timewaitersworkedsixdaysaweek.Sheand
theotherpart-timewaitresswerestudentswhotookturnswork-
ingthreedayseach.Inadditiontherewasonefloormanager
and,attheregister,askinnymiddle-agedwomanwhosuppos-
edlyhadbeentheresincetherestaurantopenedliterallysit-
tingintheoneplace,itseemed,likesomegloomyoldcharacter
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ions:toacceptpay-
mentfromthecustomersandtoanswerthephone.Shespoke
onlywhennecessaryandalwaysworethesameblackdress.
Therewassomethingcoldandhardabouther:ifyousether
afloatonthenighttimesea,shewouldprobablysinkanyboat
thathappenedtoramher.
Thefloormanagerwasperhapsinhislateforties.Talland
broad-shouldered,hisbuildsuggestedthathehadbeena
sportsmaninhisyouth,butexcessfleshwasnowbeginningto
accumulateonhisbellyandchin.Hisshort,st
iffhairwasthin-
ningatthecrown,andaspecialagingbachelorsmellclungto
him--likenewsprintthathadbeenstoredinadrawerwith
coughdrops.Shehadabachelorunclewhosmelledlikethat.
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tienotaclip-onbowtie,buttherealthing,tiedbyhand.It
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