Part 14 (2/2)
”Yes. Of course.”
”If you were married, what would you do?”
”I said--we would live together.”
”Would you make love?”
”Yes.”
”Would you lie in the same bed together?”
”Yes.”
”Is there anything you would do if you were married that you don't do now?”
”Of course. We would live together. We would be man and wife. It would be--well, legal.”
”It is not legal to make love and lie in the same bed together now?”
”No--well, yes--you see--”
He was joking, of course. Rhoda was sure of this. She wanted to explain it all to him but he suddenly lost interest.
”Frank Corson knew nothing else about William Matson?”
”The man with two hearts?”
”Only that?”
”It was all he told me.”
”I think he knows more. I want you to ask him. Then I will come and ask you.”
”I'll ask him if he knows anything more than what he told me.”
”Ask him if he knows of any other men with two hearts. I want to know where they are and what happened to them.”
”I'll try to find out.”
”You _must_ find out.”
”Will you come back soon?”
”I will come back. You must do as I tell you.”
”I will do as you tell me.”
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