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after my too brief encounter with you Mother--and the red wine not the right temperature and my first time seeing you when you were annoyed with "a situation". But it turned out to be all right and it was a nice dinner, but we were both feeling strange and awed and breathless, still caught in the impulse that had made us postpone my plane reservation.

Then sneaking into Cranbrook and the dark room and the black coat at the threshold and making love for the first time--hurriedly but so that we both knew this was only the first time. Then the drive to the airport and Aline's autobiography with significantly small mention of any engagement. Then, waiting in the airport on those hidden chairs, you in the black coat and black hat and I looked at you very intently and thought how much I did want to see you again...