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French. Tired of being ignored, I showed him a gadget given to me by Boris Kroll, the New York designer. It was a rubber stamp which printed out the message, "Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here. Lorothy Liebes." I said I sent millions of postcards to friends whenever I travelled and had made very good use of the rubber stamp. Pat grunted, "It must save a lot of time, but if you ever send me a postcard, don't use that. It would be like getting a note from a robot." This seemed to break the ice. He began teasing me.

"Allen says you're important but he didn't explain why. Are you important?"

"No. I'm just a weaver."

"What do you weave?"

"Things," I said. "Mostly for decorators and architects. Frances is a great decorator."

He looked puzzled. I thought he was still