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"That’s for ?"

"I can’t answer that," he said

"Can’t or won’t?"

Søren rose off the piano bench and walked past her, still withouther eyes She followed behind him

At the door to the sanctuary he paused

"We won’t ever have to have this talk again," Søren said The sentence was phrased like a state under the words She knehat he ain because she was never going to sneak into his office and ain "And we’ll pretend we didn’t have to have this talk By tomorroe’ll both feel better In a week it will be a distant memory Yes?"

"Okay," she said

Søren nodded He put his hand on the door handle but didn’t push it open

"Are you sure you don’t remember what it is that you wanted to ask me?"

"I’m sure"

"If you think of it …"

"Doesn’tthe question she’d wanted to ask hi not to ask it "Are you sure you can’t tell ?"

"Quite sure I will say this--I wish I could take you with me"

She smiled Finally soo anywhere with you"