51.  A leather ring fitted over each shoulder, with an elastic band stretched between them across my back.

52.  A little of the grease got on my skirt.

53.  A little skimmer bream is my fourth fish of the day and the first I have had to net.

54.  A little smile, out of focus at the edge of my vision.

55.  A little while on my own.

56.  A lot of jazz and classical music was part of my music too, thanks to my uncle.

57.  A lot of my friends are now changing careers, changing wives at forty, forty-five.

58.  A lot of my teachers were good, but Farley was outstanding.

59.  A lot of people found my father rather formal and aloof, particularly when they first met him.

60.  A lot of the girls envied me my independent, freewheeling life.