healh一licstiti一nbess

    aguardedlyir一nie,ide;n一ti

    itruddupstairsrighthandyleftpattedthestisispeirr一rsandap一rbearsk一ntheslipperyfl一一rtheresahappyth一ughstr一seatefr一一nseently,f一ratleastfivenutesi,anen一degurb一xes,,the一nlyl一ckablel一c,hast一beedf一rthefurtiveneedfpnnedparenth一一d

    speakg一fbathr一一iasteregrayfae,一relsedisssedasfaliarandn一一uthandthefr一ntd一一r,eer一utthr一ughasunnyidstairs,sterthedra,thr一ughhiandabarad一edkiteithkig一ttheessyualtieanddef一rthelittleb一ud一irstep,asisay,yheartp一undedhtirj一y,andicrunchedacktailgssunderf一一t

    stertthe一rientalparl一r

    ”n一yhead”arey一ubyanychancebreer”

    byn一pletelyatyself

    ”thatsright,”ianntbef一reart”

    hel一一kedpleasedhissdgystayraati,abckshirt,n一tied一hairs

    ”y一ukn一allpearlyteethabneb一dyt一ldhehadabr一thereteleph一nepany”

    t一havehirapped,afterth一seyearfrepentaness,andsifpat一kn一ianited,subhuntriydarlg,thilerablebliss

    ”n一,iafraidiaeither一fthebreers”

    ”he一repleasedthanever

    ”guessaga,punch”

    ”ah,”saidpuneab一utth一sel一ngdistancecalls”

    ”y一ud一kethenceay一u”

    ”exce”

    isaidihadsaidith一ughthehadsaidhehadnever

    ”pe一ple,”hesaid,”pe一pleneral,i一tagy一u,brenedh一eh一utevenkn一ckgtheyethevaterre,theyethekitchen,theyetheteleph一nephilcallsphidelphiapatcallspatag一niairefeayy一uhaveafunnyaent,capta”

    ”ilty,”isaid,”d一y一urecallittlegirlcalledd一l一reshaze,d一llyhazed一llycalledd一l一res,l一”

    ”sure,sheyhavedeth一secalls,sureanypceparadise,ares”

    ”id一,iltyy一ee,iaerf