“Olive, this is Gaspery Roberts, Contingencies Magazine. I have to make a couple of quick calls, so I’ll leave you two.” She receded. Olive and the interviewer sat in matching green velvet chairs. “Thank you for meeting with me,” the man said. “My pleasure. Do you mind if I ask about your name? I’m not sure I’ve ever met a Gaspery.” “I’ll tell you something even stranger,” he said. “My first name is actually Gaspery-Jacques.” “Seriously? I thought I’d made up the name for that character in Marienbad.”
