“No,” says Peggy, when asked about being married.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Well, I guess you’ve hardly had time,” says Fred. “You must have been engaged, though.”<\/p>\n
“No,” says Peggy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Why not?” asks Fred. “What’s the matter with the guys around here?”<\/p>\n
“I guess the best of them are already married,” says Peggy, pointedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Millie walks into the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Good morning, Fred!” says Millie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Good morning, Mrs…” begins Fred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Millie’s the name,” says Millie. Fred laughs.<\/p>\n
“Thanks, Millie,” says Fred. “When Al wakes up, tell him how much I appreciate the — “<\/p>\n
“You’re not going?” says Millie, “you haven’t even finished your breakfast.”<\/p>\n
“I’m afraid I haven’t got much of an appetite this morning,” says Fred. “Besides, I’ve got to get downtown. Maybe now I can get into that apartment house where my wife lives.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’ll drive you, Fred,” says Peggy. “I’ve got to get to work at the hospital. I’ll just be a minute.” Peggy leaves the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Millie opens the refrigerator door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I must have acted pretty disgracefully last night,” says Fred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“No,” says Millie. “You just fell in with bad company at Butch’s and got stinking.”<\/p>\n
“You see, the whole trouble was, I couldn’t find Marie – that’s my wife, ” says Fred. “I didn’t know she had a job.”<\/p>\n\n\n
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