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I thinkit's partly because -- oh, I shouldn't tell you. ' She rang off. 'Suddenly he took hold of her arm; very hard. She was flushed with love, with sex, withtriumph, with release; happiness soared through her,winged, birdlike.

' It was a bottle of champagne. ''But, Louise, you said -- your father said--''I know. ''I'm not belittling poor Louise's troubles. ''Yes, all right.