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Chapter 5
Butyoudoagreewithme,don’tyou,thatthecasualsexthingisnothing,comparedtothelonglifelivedtogether?Don’tyouthinkonecanjustsubordinatethesexthingtothenecessitiesofalonglife?Justuseit,sincethat’swhatwe’redrivento?Afterall,dothesetemporaryexcitementsmatter?Isn’tthewholeproblemoflifetheslowbuildingupofanintegralpersonality,throughtheyears?livinganintegratedlife?There’snopointinadisintegratedlife.Iflackofsexisgoingtodisintegrateyou,thengooutandhavealove-affair.Iflackofachildisgoingtodisintegrateyou,thenhaveachildifyoupossiblycan.Butonlydothesethingssothatyouhaveanintegratedlife,thatmakesalongharmoniousthing.AndyouandIcandothattogether...don’tyouthink?...ifweadaptourselvestothenecessities,andatthesametimeweavetheadaptationtogetherintoapiecewithoursteadily-livedlife.Don’tyouagree?’
Conniewasalittleoverwhelmedbyhiswords.Sheknewhewasrighttheoretically.Butwhensheactuallytouchedhersteadily-livedlifewithhimshe...hesitated.Wasitactuallyherdestinytogoonweavingherselfintohislifealltherestofherlife?Nothingelse?
Wasitjustthat?Shewastobecontenttoweaveasteadylifewithhim,allonefabric,butperhapsbrocadedwiththeoccasionalflowerofanadventure.