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Making Plans for Nigel
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He would then take the two beers to a back table and sit down.
He would drink three swallows from one beer and place it across
the table from him. He would then take a drink of the other beer
and roll himself a cigarette. When the cocktail waitress walked
by he would flag her down and ask her for some matches.
Just as she would start to turn away he would make a noise to get
her attention, look towards the bathrooms, and ask her if they could see a menu.
That way she would know someone else was with him, that he wasn't all alone.
Later on when she would come back to check on him, he would explain that
his friend had been called away for an appointment.
By this time the beer opposite him would be empty and his would be half gone.
The menus would be across the table near the empty beer.
He would explain that he wasn't the one who had been hungry and that he
would just like another beer. This way she would know that he had been
with someone earlier, that he wasn't all alone.
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