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“Why don’t we put on our woolly sli

ppers?” he wondered

“I’ll get them”

She fetched the slippers

They put the at the cool feel of the material

“Ahhhhh!”

“Why are you still wearing your coat and vest?”

“You kno clothes are like a suit of armor”

He worked out of the coat and, a minute later, the vest

The chairs creaked

“Why, it’s four o’clock,” she said, later

“Tio out now, isn’t it?”

“Much too late We’ll just rest awhile We can call a taxi to take us to supper”

“Elma” He licked his lips

“Yes?”