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           ThisabsorbinginformationaboutmyneighborwasinterruptedbyMrs.McKee’spointingsuddenlyatCatherine:

           "Chester,Ithinkyoucoulddosomethingwithher,"shebrokeout,butMr.McKeeonlynoddedinaboredway,andturnedhisattentiontoTom.

           "I’dliketodomoreworkonLongIsland,ifIcouldgettheentry.AllIaskisthattheyshouldgivemeastart."

           "AskMyrtle,"saidTom,breakingintoashortshoutoflaughterasMrs.Wilsonenteredwithatray."She’llgiveyoualetterofintroduction,won’tyouMyrtle?"

           "Dowhat?"sheasked,startled.

           "You’llgiveMcKeealetterofintroductiontoyourhusband,sohecandosomestudiesofhim."Hislipsmovedsilentlyforamomentasheinvented.

           "GeorgeB.WilsonattheGasolinePump,orsomethinglikethat."

           Catherineleanedclosetomeandwhisperedinmyear:"Neitherofthemcanstandthepersonthey’remarriedto."

           "Can’tthey?"

           "Can’tstandthem."ShelookedatMyrtleandthenatTom."WhatIsayis,whygoonlivingwiththemiftheycan’tstandthem?IfIwasthemI’dgetadivorceandgetmarriedtoeachotherrightaway."

           "Doesn’tshelikeWilsoneither?"

           Theanswertothiswasunexpected.ItcamefromMyrtle,whohadoverheardthequestion,anditwasviolentandobscene.