ife。　But　I　was　afraid　because　I'm　big　now　that　maybe　I　was　a　bore　to　you。〃

〃Oh；　Cat。　You　don't　know　how　crazy　I　am　about　you。〃

〃This　way？〃

〃Just　the　way　you　are。　I　have　a　fine　time。　Don't　we　have　a　good　life？〃

〃I　do；　but　I　thought　maybe　you　were　restless。〃

〃No。　Sometimes　I　wonder　about　the　front　and　about　people　I　know　but　I　don't　worry。　I　don't　think　about　anything　much。〃

〃Who　do　you　wonder　about？〃

〃About　Rinaldi　and　the　priest　and　lots　of　people　I　know。　But　I　don't　think　about　them　much。　I　don't　want　to　think　about　the　war。　I'm　through　with　it。〃

〃What　are　you　thinking　about　now？〃

〃Nothing。〃

〃Yes　you　were。　Tell　me。〃

〃I　was　wondering　whether　Rinaldi　had　the　syphilis。〃

〃Was　that　all？〃

〃Yes。〃

〃Has　he　the　syphilis？〃

〃I　don't　know。〃

〃I'm　glad　you　haven't。　Did　you　ever　have　anything　like　that？〃

〃I　had　gonorrhea。〃

〃I　don't　want　to　hear　about　it。　Was　it　very　painful；　darling？〃

〃Very。〃

〃I　wish　I'd　had　it。〃

〃No　you　don't。〃

〃I　do。　I　wish　I'd　had　it　to　be　like　you。　I　wish　I'd　stayed　with　all　your　girls　so　I　could　make　fun　of　them　to　you。〃

〃That's　a　pretty　picture。〃

〃It's　not　a　pretty　picture　you　having　gonorrhea。〃

〃I　know　it。　Look　at　it　snow　now。〃

〃I'd　rather　look　at　you。　Darling；　why　don't　you　let　your　hair　grow？〃

〃How　grow？〃

〃Just　grow　a　little　longer。〃

〃It's　long　enough　now。〃

〃No；　let　it　grow　a　little　longer　and　I　could　cut　mine　and　we'd　be　just　alike　only　one　of　us　blonde　and　one　of　us　dark。〃

〃I　wouldn't　let　you　cut　yours。〃

〃It　would　be　fun。　I'm　tired　of　it。　It's　an　awful　nuisance　in　the　bed　at　night。〃

〃I　like　it。〃

〃Wouldn't　you　like　it　short？