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           Idon’tknowwhatremindedmeofit,IrememberedanAmericanfilmIsawonce(orwasitamagazine)aboutamanwhotookadrunkgirlhomeandundressedherandputhertobed,nothingnasty,hejustdidthatandnomoreandshewokeupinhispyjamas.

           SoIdidthat.Itookoffherdressandherstockingsandleftoncertainarticles,justthebrassiereandtheothersoasnottogothewholehog.ShelookedarealpicturelyingtherewithonlywhatAuntAnniecalledstripsofnothingon.(Shesaiditwaswhymorewomengotcancer.)Likeshewaswearingabikini.

           ItwasmychanceIhadbeenwaitingfor.Igottheoldcameraandtooksomephotos,Iwouldhavetakenmore,onlyshestartedtomoveabit,soIhadtopackupandgetoutquick.

           Istartedthedevelopingandprintingrightaway.Theycameoutverynice.Notartistic,butinteresting.

           Ineversleptthatnight,Igotinsuchastate.ThereweretimesIthoughtIwouldgodownandgiveherthepadagainandtakeotherphotos,itwasasbadasthat.IamnotreallythatsortandIwasonlylikeitthatnightbecauseofallthathappenedandthestrainIwasunder.Alsothechampagnehadabadeffectonme.Andeverythingshesaid.Itwaswhattheycallaculminationofcircumstances.

           Thingswereneverthesameagain,inspiteofallthathappened.Somehowitprovedwecouldnevercometogether,shecouldneverunderstandme,IsupposeshewouldsayInevercouldhaveunderstoodher,orwouldhave,anyhow.