41.  A cheerful, freckled young woman showed me to a small seedy room and I began to unpack.

42.  A clutch of long white Friday evening faces confronted me.

43.  A colleague and I are currently involved in considering major changes in a very large organization.

44.  A collective sigh of relief seemed to whistle from every pore of the house as I walked away.

45.  A contact lens holder - I recognized it, Mum wears them - still with the lenses in them.

46.  A conundrum for minds of a more philosophical cast than mine.

47.  A cordon of stagehands appeared from nowhere and surrounded me as I stepped out of the car.

48.  A couple of days later I saw her in a downtown bar.

49.  A couple of security guards showed me the door after they saw my camera.