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For several weeks we eyed one another almost like sparring partners, and then one day Uncle was slightly indisposed and stayed home ; ;

his bride opened the store.

I was waiting in front of it when she showed up and told me of my Uncle's indisposition.

Even as she was telling me about it I became aware of a give-away flush that suffused her neck and moved upwards to her cheeks, and subconsciously I realized that when she entered the store she did not switch on the lights.

The cavernous depth, cluttered with antiques, echoed to her hard heels as she walked directly to the office in the rear and took the seat at his desk.

She placed her palms, fingers outspread, on the desk in an odd gesture as if to say, `` Now, what next ''??