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Although
it
was
a
hot
July
afternoon
,
Allston
Wheatley
was
wearing
a
suit
,
a
dark
-
gray
salt
-
and
-
pepper
tweed
,
and
when
he
seated
himself
on
the
sofa
he
pulled
up
the
creases
in
the
pants
legs
,
showing
the
whiteness
of
his
thin
shanks
above
the
tops
of
his
maroon
socks
.
He
had
lived
in
the
house
for
sixteen
years
,
but
he
showed
no
interest
in
anything
in
it
.
He
entered
it
like
a
stranger
,
with
a
look
that
could
have
been
anger
or
apology
,
sat
down
at
one
end
of
the
sofa
,
pulled
his
pants
legs
up
an
inch
and
said
nothing
.
Something
about
him
made
Beth
feel
sick
.
He
looked
exactly
the
way
he
had
looked
when
she
first
saw
him
,
when
he
came
to
Mrs
.
Deardorff
’
s
office
with
Mrs
.
Wheatley
to
look
her
over
.
“
Mr
.
Wheatley
has
a
proposal
,
Beth
,
”
the
lawyer
was
saying
.
She
looked
at
Wheatley
’
s
face
,
which
was
turned
slightly
away
from
them
.
“
You
can
live
here
,
”
the
lawyer
said
,
“
while
you
are
finding
something
permanent
.
”
Why
wasn
’
t
Wheatley
telling
her
this
?
Wheatley
’
s
embarrassment
made
her
somehow
squirm
for
him
,
as
though
she
were
embarrassed
herself
.
“
I
thought
I
could
keep
the
house
if
I
made
the
payments
,
”
she
said
.
“
Mr
.
Wheatley
says
you
misconstrued
him
.
”
Why
was
her
lawyer
speaking
for
him
?
Why
couldn
’
t
he
get
his
own
lawyer
,
for
Christ
’
s
sake
?
She
looked
over
at
him
and
saw
he
was
lighting
a
cigarette
,
his
face
still
inclined
away
from
her
,
a
pained
look
on
his
features
.
“
He
claims
he
was
only
permitting
you
to
stay
in
the
house
until
you
got
settled
.
”
“
That
’
s
not
true
,
”
Beth
said
.
“
He
said
I
could
have
it
…
”
Suddenly
something
hit
her
with
full
force
and
she
turned
to
Wheatley
.
“
I
’
m
your
daughter
,
”
she
said
.
“
You
adopted
me
.
Why
don
’
t
you
talk
to
me
?
”
He
looked
at
her
like
a
startled
rabbit
.
“
Alma
,
”
he
said
,
“
Alma
wanted
a
child
…
”
“
You
signed
the
papers
,
”
Beth
said
.
“
You
took
on
a
responsibility
.
Can
’
t
you
even
look
at
me
?
”
