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Martin guessed that Dolores would not be so eager to tell the next installment of her story.

The tale, he thought, would become less gay.

She had used his rumpled shorts as the very image of his childishness, his lack of control, his general male looseness, while she remained cool, airy, and untouched, the charming teacher who disciplined an unruly body.

To have her underclothes linked with his on the floor would draw her visibly into a struggle both bitter and absurd.