【】s,herteethshoean,spiteful,pitifulapologyofagodheis”</p>

”youofary.youuldhavererried.ifyouarryandinnsequeshesaidnothing,herhandsgrippingtheplightredly,buthingharder,rebrilliant.hecaughthisbreath,feltfear.shelookedlikeaspider.</p>

”ralph,ondeskisanenvelope.e,please”aeggie,butivedesureshedoesyou,either.””eggieso”</p>

”itoldyouoncebefore.becauseyouloveher.”</p>

”notinthatylife.ggieisanidea,ry,anidea”</p>

but.theoldansneered.”idontytiydeadbodyforyourself,butthenthatyouopeely,beforeyoubury.sary.illdoasyouask.”</p>

”seorilltakeitback”</p>

heshrugged.”allright,then.onvois.nottoopeeruntiliveseenyoudead,aoopenitbeforeyoureburied”</p>

”good,good”</p>

”ry,pleasedoheingyoulllaughatit.”</p>

”ioing.ioingtodietonight;iotaxioingtobedhetopofthestairs”</p>

hedidntbelieveher,butheuldseeitservednopurposetue,aobejolliedoutofit.onlygoddeyuthasifwewerelovers”</p>

bythebrilliantlightofthedelier,litforthepartyhfourhundredhedisgustinhisface,theinstinctivereil;sheedtodietheodiesobadlysheuldnot.</p>

”ry,ipriestit”</p>