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For
in
these
days
,
there
was
no
longer
that
lingering
intimacy
which
formerly
would
have
characterized
both
.
In
those
other
and
so
recent
days
,
as
Roberta
was
constantly
thinking
,
he
would
have
been
only
too
glad
in
such
a
place
as
this
,
if
not
on
such
an
occasion
,
to
drag
his
steps
,
put
an
arm
about
her
waist
,
and
talk
about
nothing
at
all
--
the
night
,
the
work
at
the
factory
,
Mr.
Liggett
,
his
uncle
,
the
current
movies
,
some
place
they
were
planning
to
go
,
something
they
would
love
to
do
together
if
they
could
.
But
now
...
And
on
this
particular
occasion
,
when
most
of
all
,
and
if
ever
,
she
needed
the
full
strength
of
his
devotion
and
support
!
Yet
now
,
as
she
could
see
,
he
was
most
nervously
concerned
as
to
whether
,
going
alone
in
this
way
,
she
was
going
to
get
scared
and
"
back
out
"
;
whether
she
was
going
to
think
to
say
the
right
thing
at
the
right
time
and
convince
the
doctor
that
he
must
do
something
for
her
,
and
for
a
nominal
fee
.
"
Well
,
Bert
,
how
about
you
?
All
right
?
You
're
not
going
to
get
cold
feet
now
,
are
you
?
Gee
,
I
hope
not
because
this
is
going
to
be
a
good
chance
to
get
this
thing
done
and
over
with
.
And
it
is
n't
like
you
were
going
to
some
one
who
had
n't
done
anything
like
this
before
,
you
know
,
because
this
fellow
has
.
I
got
that
straight
.
All
you
have
to
do
now
,
is
to
say
,
well
,
you
know
,
that
you
're
in
trouble
,
see
,
and
that
you
do
n't
know
how
you
're
going
to
get
out
of
it
unless
he
'll
help
you
in
some
way
,
because
you
have
n't
any
friends
here
you
can
go
to
.
And
besides
,
as
things
are
,
you
could
n't
go
to
'em
if
you
wanted
to
.
They
'd
tell
on
you
,
see
.
Then
if
he
asks
where
I
am
or
who
I
am
,
you
just
say
that
I
was
a
fellow
here
--
but
that
I
've
gone
--
give
any
name
you
want
to
,
but
that
I
've
gone
,
and
you
do
n't
know
where
I
've
gone
to
--
run
away
,
see
.
Then
you
'd
better
say
,
too
,
that
you
would
n't
have
come
to
him
only
that
you
heard
of
another
case
in
which
he
helped
some
one
else
--
that
a
girl
told
you
,
see
.
Only
you
do
n't
want
to
let
on
that
you
're
paid
much
,
I
mean
--
because
if
you
do
he
may
want
to
make
the
bill
more
than
I
can
pay
,
see
,
unless
he
'll
give
us
a
few
months
in
which
to
do
it
,
or
something
like
that
,
you
see
.
"
Clyde
was
so
nervous
and
so
full
of
the
necessity
of
charging
Roberta
with
sufficient
energy
and
courage
to
go
through
with
this
and
succeed
,
now
that
he
had
brought
her
this
far
along
with
it
,
that
he
scarcely
realized
how
inadequate
and
trivial
,
even
,
in
so
far
as
her
predicament
and
the
doctor
's
mood
and
temperament
were
concerned
,
his
various
instructions
and
bits
of
inexperienced
advice
were
.
And
she
on
her
part
was
not
only
thinking
how
easy
it
was
for
him
to
stand
back
and
make
suggestions
,
while
she
was
confronted
with
the
necessity
of
going
forward
,
and
that
alone
,
but
also
that
he
was
really
thinking
more
of
himself
than
he
was
of
her
--
some
way
to
make
her
get
herself
out
of
it
inexpensively
and
without
any
real
trouble
to
him
.
At
the
same
time
,
even
here
and
now
,
in
spite
of
all
this
,
she
was
still
decidedly
drawn
to
him
--
his
white
face
,
his
thin
hands
,
nervous
manner
.
And
although
she
knew
he
talked
to
encourage
her
to
do
what
he
had
not
the
courage
or
skill
to
do
himself
,
she
was
not
angry
.
Rather
,
she
was
merely
saying
to
herself
in
this
crisis
that
although
he
advised
so
freely
she
was
not
going
to
pay
attention
to
him
--
much
.
What
she
was
going
to
say
was
not
that
she
was
deserted
,
for
that
seemed
too
much
of
a
disagreeable
and
self
-
incriminating
remark
for
her
to
make
concerning
herself
,
but
rather
that
she
was
married
and
that
she
and
her
young
husband
were
too
poor
to
have
a
baby
as
yet
--
the
same
story
Clyde
had
told
the
druggist
in
Schenectady
,
as
she
recalled
.
For
after
all
,
what
did
he
know
about
how
she
felt
?
And
he
was
not
going
with
her
to
make
it
easier
for
her
.
Yet
dominated
by
the
purely
feminine
instinct
to
cling
to
some
one
for
support
,
she
now
turned
to
Clyde
,
taking
hold
of
his
hands
and
standing
quite
still
,
wishing
that
he
would
hold
and
pet
her
and
tell
her
that
it
was
all
right
and
that
she
must
not
be
afraid
.
And
although
he
no
longer
cared
for
her
,
now
in
the
face
of
this
involuntary
evidence
of
her
former
trust
in
him
,
he
released
both
hands
and
putting
his
arms
about
her
,
the
more
to
encourage
her
than
anything
else
,
observed
:
"
Come
on
now
,
Bert
.
Gee
,
you
ca
n't
act
like
this
,
you
know
.
You
do
n't
want
to
lose
your
nerve
now
that
we
're
here
,
do
you
?
It
wo
n't
be
so
hard
once
you
get
there
.
I
know
it
wo
n't
.
All
you
got
to
do
is
to
go
up
and
ring
the
bell
,
see
,
and
when
he
comes
,
or
whoever
comes
,
just
say
you
want
to
see
the
doctor
alone
,
see
.
Then
he
'll
understand
it
's
something
private
and
it
'll
be
easier
.
"
He
went
on
with
more
advice
of
the
same
kind
,
and
she
,
realizing
from
his
lack
of
spontaneous
enthusiasm
for
her
at
this
moment
how
desperate
was
her
state
,
drew
herself
together
as
vigorously
as
she
could
,
and
saying
:
"
Well
,
wait
here
,
then
,
will
you
?
Do
n't
go
very
far
away
,
will
you
?
I
may
be
right
back
,
"
hurried
along
in
the
shadow
through
the
gate
and
up
a
walk
which
led
to
the
front
door
.
In
answer
to
her
ring
the
door
was
opened
by
one
of
those
exteriorly
as
well
as
mentally
sober
,
small-town
practitioners
who
,
Clyde
's
and
Short
's
notion
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
,
was
the
typical
and
fairly
conservative
physician
of
the
countryside
--
solemn
,
cautious
,
moral
,
semi-religious
to
a
degree
,
holding
some
views
which
he
considered
liberal
and
others
which
a
fairly
liberal
person
would
have
considered
narrow
and
stubborn
into
the
bargain
.
Yet
because
of
the
ignorance
and
stupidity
of
so
many
of
those
about
him
,
he
was
able
to
consider
himself
at
least
fairly
learned
.
In
constant
touch
with
all
phases
of
ignorance
and
dereliction
as
well
as
sobriety
,
energy
,
conservatism
,
success
and
the
like
,
he
was
more
inclined
,
where
fact
appeared
to
nullify
his
early
conclusion
in
regard
to
many
things
,
to
suspend
judgment
between
the
alleged
claims
of
heaven
and
hell
and
leave
it
there
suspended
and
undisturbed
.
Physically
he
was
short
,
stocky
,
bullet-headed
and
yet
interestingly-featured
,
with
quick
gray
eyes
and
a
pleasant
mouth
and
smile
.
His
short
iron-gray
hair
was
worn
"
bangs
"
fashion
,
a
bit
of
rural
vanity
.
And
his
arms
and
hands
,
the
latter
fat
and
pudgy
,
yet
sensitive
,
hung
limply
at
his
sides
.
He
was
fifty-eight
,
married
,
the
father
of
three
children
,
one
of
them
a
son
already
studying
medicine
in
order
to
succeed
to
his
father
's
practice
.
