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60.<br />
NARRATOR (cont’d)<br />
old instincts had awakened,<br />
forgotten associations had spoken<br />
in him.<br />
Susy listened to him wistfully, silenced by her imaginative<br />
perception of the distance that these things had put between<br />
them.<br />
But he jerked back.<br />
STREFFY<br />
(murmured, almost<br />
apologetically)<br />
It was horrible. seeing them both<br />
there together, laid out in that<br />
hideous Pugin chapel at Altringham.<br />
The poor boy especially. I suppose<br />
that’s really what’s cutting me up<br />
now.<br />
SUSY<br />
(insisted)<br />
Oh, it’s more than that-more than<br />
you know.<br />
STREFFY<br />
Now, my dear, don’t be edifying,<br />
please.<br />
He fumbled for a cigarette in the pocket which was already<br />
beginning to bulge with his miscellaneous properties.<br />
STREFFY (cont’d)<br />
And now about you-for that’s what I<br />
came for.<br />
He continued, turning to her with one of his sudden<br />
movements.<br />
STREFFY (cont’d)<br />
I couldn’t make head or tail of<br />
your letter.<br />
She paused a moment to steady her voice.<br />
He hadn’t-<br />
SUSY<br />
Couldn’t you? I suppose you’d<br />
forgotten my bargain with Nick.
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