The 1000 Proverbs & Sayings in English by Sameer Kamrani

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First I must make an effort to don my running gear and tackle a few well-trodden Mallorcan tracks on foot. I only have myself to blame. In a moment of hubris back in London I foolishly agreed to run the London Marathon for The Scientific Exploration Society, a charity close to my heart. Even though friends warned me that it was a serious slog, I didn’t believe them until, after my first two-mile run in Hyde Park, I returned home like a cartoon dog, with tongue lolling and my uncoordinated legs skating in all directions.

A queue has formed behind me and she’s keen to move me on. ‘One of my colleagues will show you through,’ she says curtly without bothering to look up from her desk. Stalking towards me is a supercilious young man in a slate grey suit with crimson lining who impatiently leads me through the tables. I notice he steals a cursory, critical glance at my rain-splattered clothes. The restaurant is already crowded, but there are lone diners, the seats next to them vacant, edgily skim-reading copies of the Evening Standard or sipping on water, hoping that they haven’t been stood up.

He gives me a naughty grin. ’ I give him a look of mock disapproval. ’ ‘Look I’d love to,’ I say a tad insincerely, ‘But when I answered Paula’s advert in the Majorca Daily Bulletin she only had one slot left. ’ ‘I can’t think why,’ Alan grumbles. ’ He gives me a wink, stands up and peers out of the window. ‘I’m a bit worried about 52 A Lizard In My Luggage_INSIDES_m52 52 19/01/2007 14:30:52 DOWNING TOOLS the new irrigation channel Stefan’s set up for me. The water’s very slow. ’ Stefan has spent hours with Alan running water irrigation pipes around the orange and lemon trees in our field.

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