"The mayor might go for it," says the young lady at the table with her young man, looking up briefly from her cellphone.  "He's always got a hunted look, these days, and maybe that's got something to do with money."

    "Pfah!" says a sour voice, emanating from the old woman who's been casting gimlet gazes around.  "The mayor!  Do you even know who that is, right now?  Bet you a diamond this one doesn't last any longer than the last one."

"The mayor might go for it," says the young lady at the table with her young man, looking up briefly from her cellphone.  "He's always got a hunted look, and maybe that's got something to do with money."

    "Pfah!" says a sour voice, emanating from the old woman who's been casting gimlet gazes around.  "The mayor!  Do you even know who that is, right now?  Bet you a diamond this one doesn't last any longer than the last one."