Gossip

Marco comes round. Marco has been bicycling to Highgate and back for months so he is very fit. "I'm not very fit,' he says 'I am entirely exhausted and covered in mud.' He is covered in mud so he leaves his bike in the hall and we sit in the kitchen and have a cup of tea.
'I have some amazing gossip for you,' says Marco. Marco always knows all the gossip because he has his ear to the ground and knows all the right people.
 'John's Editor is having an affair.' Says Marco.
'Quelle surprise." I say. John's Editor has been taking Fridays off for months. 'How do you know?' I ask.
Well, says Marco, 'A friend, who works in the same office as John, heard an Online Person in the lift saying, 'The editor was a no-show again today.'
And the other Online person said, 'I know, what's going on?'
'The Editor's PA says it's  absolutely not true that the Editor has booked a solo holiday in Goa for a week.' said the first online person.
'Well, it's obvious what that means.' said the second Online person. Marco nods significantly.
Much later I tell all this to John. 'Don't be ridiculous,' says John. 'He's married with children.'
Sometimes I worry about John. Is he really in the right job?