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“Smack him?” asks Cliff.<\/p>\n
“Why ask her?” says Fred. “Can’t you think for yourself?”<\/p>\n
“Go on. I can handle this,” says Marie to Cliff. “Wait for me downstairs.”<\/p>\n
“Okay,” says Cliff. He puts on his suit jacket, sporting a “Ruptured duck” honorable discharge lapel pin. Fred notices the pin.<\/p>\n
“Another ex-serviceman, huh?” says Fred. “Greetings, brother. Have you had any trouble getting readjusted?”<\/p>\n
“Not in particular,” says Cliff. “It’s easy if you just take everything in your stride.”<\/p>\n
“That’s what I’ve heard,” says Fred.<\/p>\n
“Be seeing you,” says Cliff, walking out the door.<\/p>\n
“I doubt it,” says Fred, as the door closes. He turns to Marie. “When did you pick him up?”<\/p>\n
“He’s an old friend,” says Marie, primping at her vanity table. “He just dropped in for a friendly drink.”<\/p>\n
“Did you know him while I was away?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n
“I knew lots of people,” says Marie. “What do you think I did all those years?”<\/p>\n
“I don’t know, babe,” says Fred. “but I can guess.”<\/p>\n
“Go ahead, guess,” says Marie, angrily. “I could do some guessing myself. What were you up to in London, and Paris and all those places?”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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