. the melon on my oplate frigidly cold and my teeth jumped as i bit into it ." what are you going to do ?"
she tensed ." that's what i want to talk about ."
"i'm touched that you wish to confide in me ... and this is wonderful ..." gestured to the room ." but i wonder if i can be of my help ."
"i'm surprised ."she was taken aback ." tou've been there . in your time you've ruthless , and i wanted your clear head ."
i absorbed this in silence . after a moment, i said ."but you knew that one fine day , you'd at this point ."
she sighed ." i tried not to tink about it because i knew if i did i'd lose my nerve .even i thought how peculiar and farfetched the setup was . marcus acceptd that i wasn't going to marry him until he began to make some money . he had other women too . and whenever i was free he was not , and vice versa . the timing was hpoeles . but always told him he was free to go , and he could have abandoned me years ago . it's only now that he's put his foot down . inever ment not to marry him ." thing did not work out quite right ."
"i don't hold any brief for roger ." i said , " but i suspect it would hurt him a lot if you left ."
gisela bit her lip ."normally , i don't have this problem . my husbands usually die , and that's quite different ."
" quite different ." the conversation was not exactly leaving a good taste in the mouth , and i applied myself to the frozen melon .
gisela abandoned hers ."i've realized something rather dispiring . i'm no longer a risk taker ." i was about to say that . i considered her to be quite the reverse when she added ." marcus has been my life . if i say no to him . i'm cutting him .
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