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IT I'I I thaI Marvtn Marvin Marvifl Mue M(1ea M1ea Miles ( wax waJi wgg wggiirAni t ( ) ! b b1rm't D /1rm't 1rm't 1rmt / iirAni iirAnitarred 1rm'tferred tr ( n3ferred ' ferred tarred to another "other other " city cI\y cI y \ ulU t1st1t t1st1tupon toxi ? * h flit flitupqn hiupon , upqn upon the . . bl bIdca bIdcaThey b J ) )4.ea 4.ea 4ea . * 11 lif 1 J A lf They had been aucb such g , g900 od pl5 pl5and & : II UI UIh . -h h . - _ and Marvlnl Marvinl Marvinb ' " ' " Sundays Sund"J SundJ Sunday " h1.kelt h1kelt hIkes . tmce Wvtforest 1QHl jill th thforest e eforest forest prc preserves erve long talka talks 'JJ JJ sIti sItion ' HUft HUftn on n the roadside , . aolf .oU oU golf . uy 11\ 11 \ , 11,1u 1x p pe ,1u 1u , he e t park parkoh > > arl a oh If theTiFad the ) ? bad be beei cu * J ; ut t at otas otaspatterns P I II Ipattern . patterne pattern patterns . l.D lD . they .be7 be7 . ) ' I ; codn't codnt CO dn't dnt dn\ dn dnbav ' \ bav bavj hav1 bavbe hav1lies h e be lies liesmade Daiinade I made made9t'e \9t'e 9t'e 9te \ ' more ine . f01\e.c f01e.c f01 e.c ec forc or1ech ' \ ; , , . ch } Clt.hetll Clthetll Qthei1- Qthei1 Qthei1Ut . theri $ j - B\ B Ut Bt BMarvin UtMarvin BiMarvin \ t , Marvin said ueS ! aothing nothing about fbout bout mar mai mairlage Tnairiage . riage rlage . . Sandra h had bad d boyed hoped asthi asthihope qa1i1.i qa1i1i qa1i1.ihope acinihope . * hope that . be would . . . She 511 S1 . had bad epen1 epen1less spec specless perless less on her h J ' lunches lW'1chea lW1chea ' : etch ach .ch ch . day ay thave to tohave I Ihave have more mol morS ' lor tOf to4 tOfa to4a a finger nger wave p Sal . SalurdaY ' " 'iurday iurday ' urday She had bad laundered heft be'p bep be'pclothes etbyclothes ' * Wfl Wflclothes clothes to ba bt bq bqable ' ! abl ablo able . to anord tlotcJ flor4 flor4fume ; pei .ei- .ei .eifume . - fume _ that l-- l lk - - . be k- k k1J - had bad 1-J 1 J . - once - _ . s 14 Id Ijt bi he t . 1k 1kShe k ill- ill . . - t tShe . . She cared nothing DQthing tor for coif gblf and an4 1 IO IOfor 11or * " . tor for { hiking hlking , but cne she warrted wafled 'Ma Ma 1 { 'MaV1I MaV1I 'MaV1Ito ' ftto to (1 1 ( think thlnIt she &She & waa was self- self .eU- .eU self-eitaflkthi self eitaflkthi selfeitaflkthisturdy . selfelianlt warfd .eUel - el elianlt an : k . atosturdy d dsturdy sturdy ( quite frequen frequently he ht heu5et heu5etthese .8ed 8ed .8edthese . usethese these words admiringly ror for { or ctt1 gtt etrta h hi he heliked hiLiked h.llked liked ) , . 44 4 t tOJ ' 1 OJ OJShe ' " 1 1She She even went so tl1i t4ast fal a $ ' < 4 ( ; ' ssi ssiNellie NeUle NeU1e Nellie just how Ray hjd h4d h | , a ato B p ' set setto to her NeUfe NeU1e Nellie had la Iaugl ant antdodged dodffed dodged the question'Ak question J : . J "A A "Ask Ask 'Ak Ak " ' me mevhen mel1ben \vhen vhen \l1ben l1ben when \ we'v wev we'vrled w'vi wvi ' fceried | ar arned rled ned ten tel tep ) years Dnd arid nd I'll Ill 1.11 111 I'P IP ' . i * pu . San Sandra Sandra dra . , ' she caid said Iato bats la batsBitterly | Bitterly Sandra txMHwselt self taat that It Ir in inten Irten ten years rears rears she wouldn t five 4Zive give a banfZ banI"flut hangi banI ! "But But "flut flut " Ray and J I are BOlng going to hO hOsister's bla blasister sister sanIdra sister'e sistere sister's sisters ' . wedding in C1 Cleveland Clteland eland . , . san-I san I San Sanrica Saadra - dra rica and we were wondering ifyoi Uou Itot Uouwouldn Itotwouidn " ) wouldn wouidn t like to use the flat fiat whUe whilt whUeI whUewe whiltwe whuwe I we re cone gone It's Its It ' , much Cosier Iosier oslel ' aDd end nd J Jwouldn , . wouldn t have to t put Boots noots inenneis la In jhi J1 ! * kennels enneis " . So It was arranffed arranged that Sandra Sandrashould Sandrarhould Sandnshould should rhould take care of the , Airedale iredalo and andenjoy andsnjoy ancenjoy enjoy snjoy the flat fiat with its electric : ice- ice icebox ice Icebox - . box ox electric range and down daren daven . . port porL , orL And Into ber her mind aUnd sprablull .prang prang sprab . sprahjfullfledeed .prangfull full lull fiedged Aedged the big idea , . she would wouldgive wouldfive wouliCive give five a fareweU farewell dinner d4nner tor for Marvin Marvinat Marvinst Marvhat at st which he would be . the tQ.e tQe onlyIesl only guest \Iesl Iesl IeslNow & \ . Now if there was one thing that thatSandra thatlessOrs tbaSandra Sandra lessOrs could do better than anjother any anyother anyther other ) ther one thine thing in the whole wld wldworld wide wideworld wideworld < world it was to cook a 11 n good meaLShe meaLhe meal She he decided dpcided d c1ded on OD a regular man's mans man'smeal man'sneal man'imeal manimeal ' meal neal There would be a B u thick " . , juicy juicyiteak luicasteak steak iteak Julcylsteak with cur curly curls ] , of onions onion . t , " t-esUni t esUni - Julcyl at stng stnglghtiy 1g 1glightly lightly lghtiy among dabs of hneltlne 'lelting lelting isielling ' but- but butter buter butter - - ter er crisp French Tied b"ied bied fried ( " potatoes , tollowing fol- fol tot- tot following totowing - - lowing owing Iced consomme After Alter that thatahe thathe thashe ahe he would have orange ice that ( bat coulde could couldbe coultbe be ) e frozen in the Ice btpc btpcwhUe b boat ix WhOe whUe while she sheI shewas shevas sh shwas < was vas at work . . Then a good 0od cup of ofcoffee ofotlee o : coffee otlee and hot biscuits t that tiat at she could couldtoss couldoss coulctoss I toss oss together the Instant tnstart1 instet , she got eot hat In Inat Init at it night . That would pake { wake sake a good good'meal goodneal goocmeal 'meal meal ' neal he would enjoYVand enjoytand enjoy and y yet t one onewhi oneehich oniwhich whi ehich h had no elements Of dt-ottpavagance dt ottpavagance f .eatrava eatrava . . - .eatravalance travD travDI travDgance gance lance in it it . . Marvin hid hd extolled extoJIed tol tolher to toicr t ther < her icr time and time again the virtues virtuesI virtuelof virtuesif of if an economical wife wlfe wile wlfeIn wileIn In the morning she set the tabl tablwith tablej tablejwith table tablecith < with cith tour four tall taU candles candies and the erys crys erysIta crysal crystal al ] flowers that someone had gIVen gIVenI gIVenNellie givenelJie givciNellie Nellie elJie It bad had every appearance of ofthe ofhe othe Ita the he four tour color page illustrations Ulustrations of ofhow oflow ohow how low the well bred hostctoi hostei.s hosteis hOSh : ! > . S erve serve serves servesnd erveand ! > j jand and nd Sandra wa was delighted deJighted Sh Shasked She Sheasked Shesked < asked sked to be excused from the office officean office.n omc omcan < an .n n . hour early in m order to prepare prepareI prepareeverythmg prepareverything prepaneverything everythmg verything properly It seemed tooad too toobad to tobad < bad ad that it had to rain this evening eveninghove evcniniabove Iabove above hove all aU other others * but anyhow it itI itwould itgould 1would would gould make a comfortable hom homei homeiseem home homecern < seem eem cern all the cOli cosier cosler er by contrast and anda andgood anca a good dinner always tatted tasted lasted better betteron bettcion bettern on n a disagreeable nlghtlIn nichtl night nlghtl ! In the lobby of the building bul1ding which whichI whichwas which55 wblctwas I was /55 55 / generally generaUy very quiet , , a verita yenta veritable yentaIc verltable ble Ic babble met her ears I donknow don donnow t tI tknow know now what John will say He likehis likes likeshis likesis ) his is dinner Initantly Instantly I was wa Justashlng just justwashing juswashine washing , ashlng my hair and now the hair dryer won t dryThe dryThe dry dryThe The poles pole poles * and wire leading beading intothe Into Intothe Intothe the apartment building had blown blowndown blowndown blowndown down in the storm and until the mencame men mencame mencame came from the poW powerrhouse powerhouse r house therewould there therewould therewould would be no electricity Sick with withdisappointment withdisappointment withdfiappointment disappointment Sandra went to the thesecond thesecond thesecond second floor and let herself in with withNellie withNellie withNellie Nellie a s key Her quivering lipi lips lipimanaged lipsmanaged llp llpmanaged managed by herculean hercue ] h efforts tokeep to tokeep tokeep keep back the sound of sobs tbatburit that thatburst thatburst burst out the moment the door was wasclosed wasclosed wasclosed closed Marvin s a * very ver ) ' last nlghtJ nighti nightiThe nlghtJThe nigbtlThe The only man she had ever cared caredtwo caredtwo caredtwo two pins pin * for and non now1 now he wouldn't wouldnt wouldn'tsee wouldntsee ' see what a nn fine little housekeepershe housekeepershe housekeeper she was It just didn nOn t seem fair fairit fair- fair fairIt fairit - it didn dldn dldn1 tlShe \ tl \1 1 tlShe 1She She tore of off ! her blue tricotlne trlcotine tr4cotine andput and andput andput put on her blue tilk sllk silk house coat coat , . , cry cryIng crytag crying Ing tag bitterly He wouldn t be here heretor herefor herefor tor for more than an hour , . but even so soIt soit soit It would be too late One glance inthe in inthe inthe the electric refrigerator at the llqI liqS liq llq i S d j orange mixture hat that ( should by bythiS bythis bythis thiS time have turned iato Into orange ice icebrought icebrought icebrought brought fresh tre h sobs Then of a 1100 and 1100den andden sudden den she felt arms arnis about her and andwhirled andwhirled andwhirled whirled to find Marvm Marvm Marv1l Marvmstandmg standing standmg be- be behind behind - - hind her I i I I , 1 I rang and ranfi rang but you didn dldn t tseem tseem taecm seem to hear-what hear what hear - what I Is . It ? Electrlclty Eectrlcity Electriclty Eectrlci Electricl ] ty off ofT olP ' ' ' Well what of It it ? ? They 11 II 11have IIhave Uhave have itsn it , in sn n again in a few minutes minutesyou minutesyou minutesyou you kno knOv knost . That s II one thing aboutthe about aboutthe aboutthe the electric light company company coenfiany , , they giveinstant giveInstant give giveinatant inatant instant ervice service Dinner Dlilner la late lafeTWell 7 ? 7Well Well . . well well what ot of that that ? ? ' He lie paused a moment and thenkissed then thenkIssed thenkissed kIssed her suddenly suddeqly > " , We-we We We - - we U II proba probably ly bay have several severallate severallate severallate late dinner dinners * . during the Cour course e of ourr our ourour .our our , . -our our - our married life Ufe , Sandy < ndy " he aaid said aaida saida said'a saida ' . a little unsteadUyVb unsteadily unsteadUy "Wh Wh \Vb Vb 'Wh ' \ " ' what a kid kidyou kidyou kidyou you are oral- oral are- are areAnd oralAnd ! . ! - - And there- there thereI ( her * - I was waa pretty prettynearly prettynearly prettynearly nearly afraid of you because becauje becaue * y yt y.eemed yetseemed you yet t * . seemed .eemed eemed so eelf .elf elf self . reHatnt relhlirtt rellaflhl You re JUit just justa a . little girl git1 after all an , aren't arent aren ' " ' youHere you rou ? ' Here let me wipe your TOur eye eyes * . withthis wltb with wltbI withthis I [ th1a this blue-ttriped blue ttriped blue-striped striped - - t tOWil-that tOWil that tewel W'e1-W W'e1 We1 W ' - - uiat t on one1 one1matchei onematches matches matchei your eyc eye eyci eyeS5 eyeS5"lAdy " , i Sandy "lAdy lAdy "a a " " dy , dariinc ar.ipg aripg larlipg'i larlipgi larlipg'iMitt . . . ' " . Aft After Mitt r alL aIL all . S Sandra nc1ra tho the thought 19bt ight , m mdidn't menj menjdidn't meadida't meadidat didn't didnt ' kaew know exactly exact1y wpat wisat w at th they'aut theyaut they'autad tbey ) " .an an . ' rant ' & , ed ad . d . But . she . knew , . .and and . , and snd now ahe aheMdMmt ( he hehadhim adalml MdMmt hadhim ? 1 I ' |