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He nudged a silver toggle switch and the chair came ten feet closer,halving the distance between us. S --t, he suddenly said, as he stepped on a thumbtack. If there was a boyfriend whoovernighted even some of the time, Mattie had done a good job of erasinghis presence from the trailer. I opened my mouth to say no--the last thing on earth I needed was aIrish Christmas with everybody drinking whiskey and

I put my hands to my mouth, kissed mypalms, and held them out to her. She found herself saying that she was very busy doing some work and wouldn't he meet her at five tomorrow at the office building where she worked. Oh, okay, sure, I said. At last on a side street they found them-selves alongside a Red Cross staffcar that had nobody in it.