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           ’Andshouldn’tmenbeshotatlast,iftheygetpossessedbytheirownwill?’

           ’Ay!--thesame!ButImustgetfreeofher,orshe’llbeatmeagain.Iwantedtotellyou.ImustgetadivorceifIpossiblycan.Sowemustbecareful.Wemustn’treallybeseentogether,youandI.Inever,nevercouldstanditifshecamedownonmeandyou.’

           Connieponderedthis.

           ’Thenwecan’tbetogether?’shesaid.

           ’Notforsixmonthsorso.ButIthinkmydivorcewillgothroughinSeptember;thentillMarch.’

           ’ButthebabywillprobablybebornattheendofFebruary,’shesaid.

           Hewassilent.

           ’IcouldwishtheCliffordsandBerthasalldead,’hesaid.

           ’It’snotbeingverytendertothem,’shesaid.

           ’Tendertothem?Yea,eventhenthetenderestthingyoucoulddoforthem,perhaps,wouldbetogivethemdeath.Theycan’tlive!Theyonlyfrustratelife.Theirsoulsareawfulinsidethem.Deathoughttobesweettothem.AndIoughttobeallowedtoshootthem.’

           ’Butyouwouldn’tdoit,’shesaid.

           ’Iwouldthough!andwithlessqualmsthanIshootaweasel.Itanyhowhasaprettinessandaloneliness.Buttheyarelegion.Oh,I’dshootthem.’

           ’Thenperhapsitisjustaswellyoudaren’t.’

           ’Well.’

           Conniehadnowplentytothinkof.ItwasevidenthewantedabsolutelytobefreeofBerthaCoutts.Andshefelthewasright.Thelastattackhadbeentoogrim.Thismeantherlivingalone,tillspring.PerhapsshecouldgetdivorcedfromClifford.Buthow?IfMellorswerenamed,thentherewasanendtohisdivorce.