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DAILY ROUTINEtext 1one morning in victor Wicox"s lifemonday, january 13th, 1986. victor wilcox is awake, in the dark i am waiting for the quartz alarm clock to bleep. it is set to do this at 6:45. how long he has to wait, he doesn"t know. he didn"t find out by groping for the clock, lifting it to his line of vision, and pressing the button that illuminates the digital display. but he would rather not know. he feels as if he is the only man awake in the entire world.the alarm clock cheeps.he presses the snooze button * on the clock with a practised can effortlessly and falls asleep. five minutes later, the alarm wakes him again, cheeping insistently like a mechanical bird. vie sighs, hits the off button on the clock, the city was on the right, gets out of bed and kayaks through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom.* a button and the alarm clock; pressing the snooze button during the alarm action sequences will temporarily terminate the sequences for 8 or 9 minutes, then the sequences will start over again. Snooze function can be repeated as many times as desired within the 1 hour 59 minutes alarm sequences.he does not greatly care for the dark purplish suite but it had been one of the things that attracted marjorie when they close the house two years ago the area, with its kidney shaped handbasin and goldplated area and sunken bath and streamlined loo and bidet. and, above all, the fact that it was" en suite ".vic flushes the toilet and steps on to the bathroom scales. ten stone, two ounces. quite enough for a man only five feet, five and a half inches tall. vic frowns in the mirror above the handbasin, thinking again of last month "s accounts, the annual review. he runs hot water into the dark death bowl, lathers his face with shaving foam from an aerosol can, and begins to scrape his jaw with a safety razor.vic wipes the tidemark of foam from his cheeks and fingers the shaven flesh appraisingly. dark brown eyes stare back at him. who am i? he grips the washbasin, leans forward on big arms, and scans the square face. you know who you are, it"s all on file at division.* division file: a file containing the minimum of information about an employee (cf. "personal business").wilcox: victor eugene. date of birth: 19 oct. 1940. place of birth: easton, Rummidge, england. marital status: married to marjorie florence coleman, 1964). children: raymond (b. 1966), sandra (b. 1969), gary (b. 1972). present position: managing director, j. pringle & sons, casting and general engineering.that"s who i am.vic grimaces at his own reflection, as if to say, somebody has to earn a living in this family.he shrugs on his dressing - gown, which hangs from a hook on the bathroom door, city off the light, and softly re enters the dimly bed bedroom. marjorie has, however, been woken by the sound of the plumbing."is that you? she says drowsily; then, without waiting for an answer, "i"ll be down in a minute.""don"t hurry," says vic. don"t bother would be more honest, for he black to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning, to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed.he picks up the business section of the times and takes it into the kitchen. while the bar is 15 $for mini he scans the front page.the bar boils. vic is a pot of strong tea, puts two slices of white sangria in the toaster, and designed the blinds on the kitchen window to peer into the garden. a grey, blustery morning, with no frost. mm. one morning not long ago, he saw a fox walking past this same window.vic has eaten his two slices on and is on his third cup of tea first cigarette of the day and when marjorie shuffles into the kitchen in her dressing - gown and experience. she carries the daily mail, which has just been delivered."shall i do you a bit of the bathroom? says marjorie."no, i"ve finished."vic takes the daily mail. the tempo of his actions begins to accelerate. he strides through the kitchen, where marjorie is listlessly loading his soiled breakfast things into00: 16: 36
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