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           "She’sbeentalkingaboutitfortenyears."Herestedforamomentagainstthepump,shadinghiseyes."Andnowshe’sgoingwhethershewantstoornot.I’mgoingtogetheraway."

           Thecoupeflashedbyuswithaflurryofdustandtheflashofawavinghand.

           "WhatdoIoweyou?"demandedTomharshly.

           "Ijustgotwiseduptosomethingfunnythelasttwodays,"remarkedWilson."That’swhyIwanttogetaway.That’swhyIbeenbotheringyouaboutthecar."

           "WhatdoIoweyou?"

           "Dollartwenty."

           TherelentlessbeatingheatwasbeginningtoconfusemeandIhadabadmomenttherebeforeIrealizedthatsofarhissuspicionshadn’talightedonTom.HehaddiscoveredthatMyrtlehadsomesortoflifeapartfromhiminanotherworld,andtheshockhadmadehimphysicallysick.IstaredathimandthenatTom,whohadmadeaparalleldiscoverylessthananhourbefore—anditoccurredtomethattherewasnodifferencebetweenmen,inintelligenceorrace,soprofoundasthedifferencebetweenthesickandthewell.Wilsonwassosickthathelookedguilty,unforgivablyguilty—asifhehadjustgotsomepoorgirlwithchild.

           "I’llletyouhavethatcar,"saidTom."I’llsenditoverto-morrowafternoon."

           Thatlocalitywasalwaysvaguelydisquieting,eveninthebroadglareofafternoon,andnowIturnedmyheadasthoughIhadbeenwarnedofsomethingbehind.