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Meryl Morgan:
[on the answering machine]
Hi, you've reached Meryl Morgan, I can't take your call right now, so leave a message and have a great day. Thanks!
Paul Morgan:
Uh, hello, it is me, your uh... your husband, um... at least legally uh... still your husband, as recognized by the state of New York, and uh... in the end, who would argue with the governor? I uh... I wanted to call and just say hello, as it is approaching the three-month anniversary of our being separated, and I thought perhaps it might be nice to get together as, you know, occasions like this only come round once in a lifetime. And uh... oh yes, and I saw the cover of New York Magazine's real estate issue, and... and there you were. And you looked... lovely, frankly... You are staring out from every newsstand, and bus, and taxi, um... and it is... "it is genuinely incredible how you have built your business into the premier boutique real estate firm in the city," I'm... I'm quoting here from the article. I have five copies. This way, if we ever get back together and lose yours, we're covered...
Meryl Morgan:
[on the answering machine]
Hi, you've reached Meryl Morgan, I can't take your call right now, so leave a message and have a great day. Thanks!
Paul Morgan:
Anyway, the point is... the point is that I am sad, and I miss you. And I... bitterly regret... what I did... and... it would be very, very nice if you... called or... or, in fact, if we could see each other. I... I hope you're getting the gifts. I know they're not all perfect... um... The ice sculpture, I can see, it was a disaster... I... I did specify they shouldn't leave it if you weren't home, and I... I will be suing. Talking of which, I must get back to work... um... I'm actually in court, I have a man he...
