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  whole career—he’d be crazy to turn her down。 I’m sure the guy was 
  planning to do it all along。 He was probably just rearranging his 
  travel plans or something。 I don’t have to confirm with him; because 
  I’m that sure he’ll do it。 How could henot ? She’s Miranda 
  Priestly!”

  Now I thought I would cry; but instead I just said; “So what do I 
  need to know to hire this new nanny? I should probably get started 
  right away。”

  “Yeah;” she agreed; still looking delighted with her own cleverness。 
  “That’s probably a good idea。”

  The first girl I interviewed for the nanny position looked 
  positively shell…shocked。

  “Oh my god!” she’d howled when I asked her over the phone if she’d 
  mind ing to the office to meet with me。 “Oh my god! Are you 
  serious? Oh my god!”

  “Um; is that a yes or a no?”

  “God; yes。 Yes; yes; yes! ToRunway ? Oh my god。 Wait until I tell my 
  friends。 They’ll die。 They’ll absolutely die。 Just tell me where to 
  be and when。”

  “You understand that Miranda’s away right now; so you won’t be 
  meeting with her; right?”

  “Yep。 Totally。”

  “And you also know that the job is being a nanny to Miranda’s two 
  daughters; right? That it won’t have anything to do withRunway ?”

  She sighed as if to resign herself to the sad; unfortunate fact。 
  “Yes; of course。 A nanny; I totally get it。”

  Well; she hadn’t really gotten it; because even though she looked 
  the part (tall; impeccably groomed; reasonably well dressed; and 
  seriously underfed); she kept asking which parts of the job would 
  require her to be at the office。

  I shot her a specialty Withering; but she didn’t seem to notice。 
  “Um; none。 Remember; we talked about this? I’m just doing some 
  initial screening for Miranda; and we just happen to be doing it in 
  the office。 But that’s it。 Her twins don’t live here; you know?”

  “Right; right;” she’d agreed; but I’d already nixed her。

  The next three the agency had waiting in the reception area weren’t 
  much better。 Physically; all fit the Miranda profile—the agency 
  really did know exactly what she wanted—but not one had what I’d be 
  looking for in a nanny who’d be taking care of my future niece or 
  nephew; the standard I’d set for the process。 One had a master’s in 
  child development from Cornell but glazed over when I tried to 
  describe the subtle ways this job might be different from others 
  she’d held。 Another had dated a famous NBA player; which she felt 
  gave her “insight into celebrity。” But when I’d asked her if she’d 
  ever worked with the children of celebrities; she’d instinctively 
  wrinkled her nose and informed me that “famous people’s kids always 
  have; like; major issues。” Nixed。 The third and most promising had 
  grown up in Manhattan and had just graduated from Middlebury and 
  wanted to spend a year as a nanny to save some money for a trip to 
  Paris。 When I asked if that meant she spoke French; she nodded。 The 
  only problem was that she was a city girl through and through and 
  therefore didn’t have a driver’s license。 Was she willing to learn? 
  I’d asked。 No; she’d answered。 She didn’t believe that the streets 
  needed another car clogging them。 Nix number three。 I spent the rest 
  of the day trying to figure out a tactful way of telling Miranda 
  that if a girl is attractive; athletic; fortable with celebrity; 
  lives in Manhattan; has a driver’s license; can swim; has an 
  advanced degree; speaks French; and is pletely and entirely 
  flexible with her time; then chances are she does not want to be a 
  nanny。

  She must have read my mind; because the phone rang immediately。 I 
  did a few calculations and realized that Miranda would have just 
  landed at de Gaulle; and a quick glance at the second…by…second 
  itinerary Emily had so painstakingly constructed showed she would 
  now be in the car on her way to the Ritz。

  “Miranda Pri—”

  “Emily!” she practically shrieked。 I wisely decided now wasn’t the 
  time to correct her。 “Emily! The driver did not give me my usual 
  phone; and as a result I don’t have anyone’s phone number。 This is 
  unacceptable。 Entirely unacceptable。 How am I supposed to conduct 
  Business with no phone numbers? Connect me immediately to Mr。 
  Lagerfeld。”

  “Yes; Miranda; please hold just a moment。” I jabbed the hold button 
  and called out to Emily for help; although I would’ve had better 
  luck simply eating the receiver whole than actually locating Karl 
  Lagerfeld in less time than it took Miranda to get so annoyed that 
  she’d smash down the phone and keep calling to ask; “Where the hell 
  is he? Why can’t you find him? Do you not know how to use a phone?”

  “She wants Karl;” I called over to Emily。 The name immediately sent 
  her flying; racing; tearing through papers all over her desk。

  “OK; listen。 We have twenty to thirty seconds。 You take Biarritz and 
  the driver; I’ll get Paris and the assistant;” she called; her 
  fingers already flying across the keypad。 I double…clicked on the 
  thousand…plus name contact list that we shared on our hard drives 
  and found exactly five numbers I’d have to call: Biarritz main; 
  Biarritz second main; Biarritz studio; Biarritz pool; and Biarritz 
  driver。 A quick glance over the other listings for Karl Lagerfeld 
  indicated that Emily had a grand total of seven; and there were 
  still more numbers for New York and Milan。 We were dead before we 
  started。

  I’d tried Biarritz main and was in the middle of dialing Biarritz 
  second main when I saw that the flashing red light had stopped 
  blinking。 Emily announced that Miranda had hung up; in case I hadn’t 
  noticed。 Only ten or fifteen seconds had passed—she was feeling 
  particularly impatient today。 Naturally; the phone rang again 
  immediately; and Emily responded to my pleading puppy eyes and 
  answered it。 She didn’t get halfway through her canned greeting 
  before she was nodding gravely and trying to reassure Miranda。 I was 
  still dialing and had—miraculously—made it to Biarritz pool; where I 
  was currently talking to a woman who didn’t speak a single word; a 
  single syllable; of English。 Maybe this was the obsession with 
  speaking French?

  “Yes; yes; Miranda。 Andrea and I are calling right now。 It should 
  only be a few more seconds。 Yes; I understand。 No; I know it’s 
  frustrating。 If you’ll allow me to just put you on hold for ten 
  seconds or so; I’m sure we’ll have him on the line。 OK?” She punched 
  “hold” and kept right on jabbing numbers。 I heard her trying in what 
  sounded like horrifically accented and broken French to talk to 
  someone who appeared to not know the name Karl Lagerfeld。 We were 
  dead。 Dead。 I was getting ready to hang up on the crazy French woman 
  who was shrieking into the receiver when I saw the flashing red 
  light go out again。 Emily was still frantically dialing。

  “She’s gone!” I called with the urgency of an EMT performing 
  emergency CPR。

  “Your turn to get it!” she screamed back; fingers flying; and sure 
  enough; the phone rang again。

  I picked it up and didn’t even attempt to say anything; since I knew 
  the voice on the other end would speak up immediately。 It did。

  “Ahn…dre…ah! Emily! Whoever the hell I’m talking to 。 。 。 why is it 
  that I’m speaking with you and not with Mr。 Lagerfeld? Why?”

  My first instinct was to remain silent; since it didn’t appear that 
  the verbal barrage was over; but as usual; my instincts were wrong。

  “Hell…ooo?Anyone there? Is the process of connecting one phone call 
  to another really too difficult forboth my assistants?”

  “No; Miranda; of course not。 I’m sorry about this—” My voice was 
  shaking a little; but I couldn’t get it under control。 “—it’s just 
  that we can’t seem to find Mr。 Lagerfeld。 We’ve already tried at 
  least eight—”

  “Can’t seem to find him?”she mimicked in a high…pitched voice。 “What 
  do you mean; you ‘can’t seem to find’ him?”

  What part of that simple five…word sentence did she not prehend; 
  I wondered。 Can’t。 Seem。 To。 Find。 Him。 Seemed rather clear and 
  precise to me: We can’t fucking find him。 That is why you’re not 
  talking to him。 Ifyou can find him; thenyou can talk to him。 A 
  million barbed responses raced around my head; but I could only 
  sputter like a first…grader who’d been singled out by the teacher 
  for talking in class。

  “Um; well; Miranda; we’ve called all of the numbers we have listed 
  for him; and he doesn’t appear to be at any of them;” I managed。

  “Well of course he’s not!” She was almost screaming now; that 
  precious; well…guarded cool was precariously close to collapsing。 
  

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