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"My position with the administration is such that I can't afford to look like a hippie of the sixties"

"Lord, lord" She shook her head wearily "Why couldn't I have eon? Why did I have to fall in love with a physicist from the farm belt?"

"It's co to know you loved me onc

e"

"I still love you, Gene," she said, her eyes turning soft "This chasm between us has only opened in the last two years We can't even have lunch together without trying to hurt each other Why don't we say to hell with it and spend the rest of the afternoonlove in a motel I'm in the mood to feel deliciously sexy"

"Would itrun?"

"It's a start"

"I can't"

"Your da away "Don't you see? Our jobs have torn us apart We can save ourselves, Gene We can both resign and go back to teaching With your PhD in physics andwith our experience and credentials, we could write our own ticket with any university in the country We were on the same faculty e ether"

"Please, Dana, I can't quit Not now"

"Why?"

"I'm on an important project-"

"Every project for the last five years has been ie Only you canhatever you decide if we can get out of Washington This toill kill any hope of salvaging our life together if ait er"

"I need another year"

"Even another month will be too late"