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           Whydon’tyougetmarried?Youhaven’tgotanotherwifehaveyou?"

           "No,"Isaid.Catherinelaughed.

           "It’snothingtolaughabout,"Fergusonsaid."Plentyofthemhaveotherwives."

           "We’llbemarried,Fergy,"Catherinesaid,"ifitwillpleaseyou."

           "Nottopleaseme.Youshouldwanttobemarried."

           "We’vebeenverybusy."

           "Yes.Iknow.Busymakingbabies."Ithoughtshewasgoingtocryagainbutshewentintobitternessinstead."Isupposeyou’llgooffwithhimnowto-night?"

           "Yes,"saidCatherine."Ifhewantsme."

           "Whataboutme?"

           "Areyouafraidtostayherealone?"

           "Yes,Iam."

           "ThenI’llstaywithyou."

           "No,goonwithhim.Gowithhimrightaway.I’msickofseeingbothofyou."

           "We’dbetterfinishdinner."

           "No.Gorightaway."

           "Fergy,bereasonable."

           "Isaygetoutrightaway.Goawaybothofyou."

           "Let’sgothen,"Isaid.IwassickofFergy.

           "Youdowanttogo.Youseeyouwanttoleavemeeventoeatdinneralone.I’vealwayswantedtogototheItalianlakesandthisishowitis.Oh,Oh,"shesobbed,thenlookedatCatherineandchoked.

           "We’llstaytillafterdinner,"Catherinesaid."AndI’llnotleaveyoualoneifyouwantmetostay.Iwon’tleaveyoualone,Fergy."

           "No.No.Iwantyoutogo.Iwantyoutogo."Shewipedhereyes."I’msounreasonable.Pleasedon’tmindme."

           Thegirlwhoservedthemealhadbeenupsetbyallthecrying.Nowasshebroughtinthenextcoursesheseemedrelievedthatthingswerebetter.