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their original manuscripts and a number of illustrators

sample work.

In the sleepy state of Alagoas was the capital city Maceio

and after my appeal on the radio I waited in my room for

any response. There were no telephone calls but about 12

or 13 suitable candidates arrived over a period of time,

and we spoke and I gathered their material and once again

asked for suitable material for the book on Pele. It is a

tropical state, and the weather was in the mid-30s I went

to my room to rest, to gather my thoughts and filed the

paperwork that was growing. I lay on my bed and the

receptionist called me on the internal phone. She did not

speak English; my Portuguese was limited to say the least

and she put me through to an incoming unexpected call

to a woman’s voice who spoke intermediate English. She

verified my name and my intention and then asked if I

would meet a particular lady who would visit my hotel that

evening, but I was to meet her on my own and she would

have an interpreter with her. If I agreed to this, she would

confirm the time on a later call. I confirmed she confirmed,

and we met later that evening on a private veranda that

had been selected by the hotel for us to meet. The woman

was in her mid-50s and accompanied by what turned out

to be her husband, a man in his late 60s, silver grey haired

and looking very distinguished. She was exceedingly well

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