True Friendship

My wife Olga is still in (23) _______ with the head girl of her high school, who lives in the Midlands and (24) ______ with us when in London. Another occasional house (25) ______ is a man I met while we were serving Queen and country as National Servicemen in the 1950s. A horse-racing fan, he persuaded me some years ago to share ownership of a thoroughbred racehorse. It was a sensationally poor (26) ________, but such are the bonds of friendship that we still see each other (27) ________ and without a feeling of anger. True friendship means taking the rough with the smooth.