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they are difficult. Usually, as people, they are very boring to women.”
“Do I bore you?”
“What do you think?” the girl asked.
“I bore myself, Daughter.”
“I don’t think you do, Richard, you would not have done something all your life if you were bored by it. Don’t lie to me please, darling, when we have so little time.”
“I won’t.”
“Don’t you see you need to tell me things to purge your bitterness?”
“I know I tell them to you.”
“Don’t you know I want you to die with the grace of a happy death? Oh I’m getting all mixed up. Don’t let me get too mixed up.”
“I won’t, Daughter.”
“Tell me some more please and be just as bitter as you want.”
