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She studied her profile, first one side and then the other. and I want some new clothes.
90 Then she studied the back of her head and her neck.  Oh, shut up and get something to read, George said.
 Don t you think it would be a good idea if I let my He was reading again.
hair grow out? she asked, looking at her profile again. His wife was looking out of the window. It was quite
George looked up and saw the back of her neck, dark now and still raining in the palm trees.
clipped close like a boy s.  Anyway, I want a cat, she said,  I want a cat. I want a
 I like it the way it is. cat now. If I can t have long hair or any fun, I can have
 I get so tired of it, she said.  I get so tired of looking a cat.
like a boy. George was not listening. He was reading his book.
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George shifted his position in the bed. He hadn t His wife looked out of the window where the light had
looked away from her since she started to speak. come on in the square.
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 You look pretty darn nice, he said. Someone knocked at the door.
She laid the mirror down on the dresser and went  Avanti, George said. He looked up from his book.
over to the window and looked out. It was getting dark. In the doorway stood the maid. She held a big tortoise-
 I want to pull my hair back tight and smooth and shell cat pressed tight against her and swung down
make a big knot at the back that I can feel, she said.  I against her body.
want to have a kitty to sit on my lap and purr when I  Excuse me, she said,  the padrone asked me to bring
stroke her. this for the Signora.
 Yeah? George said from the bed.
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