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eantteproposalie,hearriageisforyoungpeopleonlyperhapsishockedyouybluntproposal”</p>

“oh,no,notatall.ithinkitperfearry.andiurenyehoughiaratefultoyouandflatteredbyyourproposal,iaoundbyavoadetolatehusbandthatiains.ylife.”</p>

hiskindfayhandinhisandsaidreluustrespeainfaithfultoyourhusband.ihaveal.heyhandaftergivingitagentlesqueeze.</p>

theaontpassed.ihadnotcaused.hutolosefacebyaflatrefusal.thattheeseway.</p>

afterhisproposal,.huntiovisitfroitoti.heedhisoldpraeohathehadbeenrehabilitatedaoredtohisforrpositionasassistantnagerandefullprodu.</p>

“ire.thereissouedsuddenlytohaveshedtenyearsofhisage.</p>

in1980,tosaygoodbye.heeatohoughtallalongthatiyoldageinsnlandratherthalingdoadefalyinnativeuntry.</p>

tohavereaanattheageofsixtyoodinspiteofaoing.</p>

ihadunlockedthefrontdoorandboundingupthestairs.ilookedatthek.dadeinutesearly.</p>

“youareearlytoday,”isaidtohidoor.</p>

“ihavesothiotheroole.“iybegoingtobeijingioodistantfuture.”</p>

“indeed.haveyoubeenofferedajob”iaskedhi</p>

“.butiyhavea.</p>

“eaandapieceoftoast”iasked,asikneayshungry.</p>

“sotoastebackeatall.iherhehadeatenbreakfast,butididnotask.</p>

takingabookfroisbag,dadeasked,“doyouthinkudythistoday”</p>

thebookilypostsetiquette.“ostudythatthesofthisbookareofoaese.”</p>

“notuheatstationedabroad,”hesaid.</p>