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"Do we deserve this?" she said

"It's not a s didn't work out I notice you didn't even argue about this Why not?"

"I guess I've a reason," she said

"The same one everyone at the office had?"

She nodded slowly "I didn't want to say anything It happened last night And the wo theht it was only a coincidence" She picked up the evening paper "There's nothing in the paper about it"

"Everyone knows, so there's no need"

He sat back in his chair, watching her "Are you afraid?"

"No I always thought I would be, but I'm not"

"Where's that spirit called self-preservation they talk so much about?"

"I don't know You don't get too excited when you feel things are logical This is logical Nothing else but this could have happened from the e've lived"

"We haven't been too bad, have we?"

"No, nor enorood I suppose that's the trouble--we haven't been verypart of the world was busy being lots of quite awful things"

The girls were laughing in the parlor

"I always thought people would be screa in the streets at a time like this"

"I guess not You don't screa"