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"Hey, stranger," she finally said, "why so quiet today?"

"I’ back to school"

She s forward to it?"

"Both, I guess"

"Look at it this way It’s only nine raduate, and then you’re done"

I nodded but said nothing

She studiedyou? You’ve had a glum face all day"

I shifted in my seat "Do you remember Harold Larson?" I asked "I introduced you to hi to place him "The one as on Law Revieith you? Tall, with brown hair?"

I nodded

"What about him?" she asked

"Did you happen to notice that he was alone?"

"Not really Why?"

"His girlfriend just broke up with hih I could tell she had no idea how this related to her or why I was thinking about it

"It’s going to be a tough year," I began "I’m sure I’ll practically live in the library"

She put a friendly hand on reat the first two years I’m sure you’ll do just fine"

"I hope so," I continued "It’s just that with everything going on, I’ to be able to make it down every weekend to see you like I did this suured that But we’ll still see each other It’s not like you won’t have any time at all And I can always drive up to see you, too, res broke froht want to check before you come To see if I’m free, I mean The last year is supposed to be the busiest"

She tilted her head, trying to decipheron, Wilson?"

"What do you mean?"

"This What you just said You sound like you’ve already been thinking up excuses not to see me"

"It’s not an excuse I just want toto be"

Jane leaned back in her chair, her ht line "And?" she asked

"And what?"

"And what exactly does that mean? That you don’t want to see me anymore?"

"No," I protested, "of course not But the fact is that you’ll be here, and I’-distance relationships can be"