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Chapter 9

           Douglasdidnotreadnewspapers;shehadotherwaysoffindingoutwhatsheneededtoknow.

           "Joseph-"

           Helookedupandthemachinestopped."Yes,mydear?"

           "Youhavesomethingonyourmind"

           "Eh?Whatmakesyousaythat,mydear?"

           "Joseph,Ihaven’twatchedyouandcoddledyouanddarnedyoursocksandkeptyououtoftroubleforthirty-fiveyearsfornothing.Iknowwhenthereissomethingonyourmind."

           Thehellofitis,headmittedtohimself,shedoesknow.Helookedatherandwonderedwhyhehadeverletherbullyhimintono-terminationcontract.Originallyshehadbeenonlyhissecretary,backinthedays(hethoughtofthemas"TheGoodOldDays")whenhehadbeenastatelegislator,beatingthebushesforindividualvotes.Theirfirstcontracthadbeenasimpleninetydaycohabitationagreement,supposedlytoeconomizescarcecampaignfundsbysavingonhotelbills;bothofthemhadagreedthatitwasmerelyaconvenience,with"cohabitation"tobeconstruedsimplyaslivingunderoneroof?andshehadn’tdarnedhissockseventhen!

           Hetriedtorememberhowandwhenthesituationhadchanged.Mrs.Douglas’sofficialbiography,ShadowofGreatness:OneWoman’sStory,statedthathehadproposedtoherduringthecountingofballotsinhisfirstelectiontoofficeandthatsuchwashisromanticneedthatnothingwoulddobutold-fashioned,death-do-us-partmarriage.

           Well,hedidn’trememberitthatwaybuttherewasnousearguingwiththeofficialversion.

           "Joseph!Answerme!"

           "Eh?Nothingatall,mydear.

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