No Comebacks and Other Stories [antikvár]

NO COMEBACKS Mark Sanderson liked to enjoy himself. He liked the company of women. He liked expensive food and champagne. And he had plenty of money to buy what he liked. He was a millionaire. Mark Sanderson had made a lot of money by buying and selling houses in London. He was thirty-nine years old, rich, famous and bored M His photograph was often in the newspapers. He was often seen in the company of film stars and famous actresses. He loved women. But he was not in love with one woman. In fact, he was sure he would never meet the one woman - the woman he wanted to marry. When he became rich, he bought a large house in the country, a house in France, a sports car, a Rolls Royce and a yacht^. He could buy whatever he wanted. He said, 'What Mark wants, Mark gets!' He met many women, but he never met the one woman he had always looked for. Then suddenly, one night, he saw her. He was at a party. Many rich, famous and beautiful people were there. Mark Sanderson knew them all. But there was one woman there he had never seen before. She was about thirty years old, tall and attractive, wearing a simple^ white dress. Her brown hair was tied at the back of her neck. She wore no jewellery or make-up. The moment Mark Sanderson saw her -he wanted her. He wanted her more than anything else in the world!