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“Marie calls us. She has had no news from Laurent and is very worried. Every time she tries to get through to him she gets his voicemail. It’s the same thing with Gabriel, who, she knows, spent the night at Laurent’s flat to keep him company.
“She didn’t get her usual call this morning. She has delayed telling us as long as she can so we don’t get worked up unnecessarily, but she doesn’t know what’s wrong... She has even wondered whether Laurent might not have decided to pop over for the weekend unannounced — all he would have to [do to] give her a