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"You don’t want to be seen with a woman orks in a sewer all day"

"Of course not," I said, then quickly corrected"I mean I don’t mind if I’m seen with a woman orks in a sewer"

"Then it’s a date"

"No, BennyLook, you seeirl"

"It wouldn’t be fair to you I’ off this relationship--"

"The bitch"

"Who?"

"The woman who hurt you Point her out I’ll kick her ass"

"You’ll what?"

"Never ain Just about everything Benny saidabout her delivery

"About dinner"

"I can’t," I said

"Let , you dated her for how long? A year? Maybe more?"

"Yes"

"Then you discovered that you couldn’t trust her You discovered that she couldn’t be depended on when the going got tough, that she wouldn’t be there when you needed her, that she was putting her needs before yours, a like that"

"But with us--you and me--you already know that you can depend on me McKenzie, you don’t need a year to find out"

"I know this--how?"

"Think about it How , alligator-infested sewer pipe for you?"

"You’re the first"

"Well, then"

"Where do you live?"

"Near Lake Nokomis Only you can pick me up at the Nash Gallery at the U Do you knohere it is?"

"No"

"In the Regis Art Center?"

"Sorry"

"Rarig Theater? It’s on the West Bank"

"Rarig Theater? I’ me It’s next to the Wilson Library"

"I reht o’clock?"

"Eight o’clock"

"Should I change, or do you think I can get by hat I have on?" she asked

I thought the question fully funny