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           TenminuteslatertheywereatStokePogesandhadstartedtheirfirstroundofObstacleGolf.

           WITHeyesforthemostpartdowncastand,ifevertheylightedonafellowcreature,atonceandfurtivelyaverted,Bernardhastenedacrosstheroof.Hewaslikeamanpursued,butpursuedbyenemieshedoesnotwishtosee,lesttheyshouldseemmorehostileeventhanhehadsupposed,andhehimselfbemadetofeelguiltierandevenmorehelplesslyalone.

           "ThathorribleBenitoHoover!"Andyetthemanhadmeantwellenough.Whichonlymadeit,inaway,muchworse.Thosewhomeantwellbehavedinthesamewayasthosewhomeantbadly.EvenLeninawasmakinghimsuffer.Herememberedthoseweeksoftimidindecision,duringwhichhehadlookedandlongedanddespairedofeverhavingthecouragetoaskher.Daredhefacetheriskofbeinghumiliatedbyacontemptuousrefusal?Butifsheweretosayyes,whatrapture!Well,nowshehadsaiditandhewasstillwretched–wretchedthatsheshouldhavethoughtitsuchaperfectafternoonforObstacleGolf,thatsheshouldhavetrottedawaytojoinHenryFoster,thatsheshouldhavefoundhimfunnyfornotwantingtotalkoftheirmostprivateaffairsinpublic.Wretched,inaword,becauseshehadbehavedasanyhealthyandvirtuousEnglishgirloughttobehaveandnotinsomeother,abnormal,extraordinaryway.

           Heopenedthedoorofhislock-upandcalledtoaloungingcoupleofDelta-Minusattendantstocomeandpushhismachineoutontotheroof.