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58 Blues in the Rain--4
a great pal," Bob said.
fndas and still 1s,1I corrected Peggy. ill think I'd
better be getting along home now. It's nearly eleven- thirty and Dad will be worried."
T1Yeh. T guess we'd better go."
TheY ,5irovB -sile-ntly'; . rieltherspe.aking a-.word until
the car drew up in front of Peggy's. Then Bob spoke , ·-''Pe.ggy,jp~-.me-·you.'ll_ne-ve.r'-hate-··the·rainagain."
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' '''Tlaww~-- .b1:rt...-wi.u~ y o u ? " ·"'Tt-l.L-t--TY-·t.o·~li.k.e i t . "
"Good for you, Peggy. Don't forget we .have a date for seven tomorrow night."
ill won't. Good-night Bob. ;9
Peggy got out of the car, walked up the steps and int~
her ho~e. A light bulb glared at her from the kitcrhen. The house was in a deathly stillness.
Deliberately she carE....ully examined her soaking pumps. The one was ruined completely. Quietly she walked out into the kitchen. Her father sat at the table, head in handS, hardly noting her presence. Slowly he lifted his head and his eyes 1,I/ere tender a nd full of syinpathy.
"Shep is dead."
Just like that. It was over. Peggy gasped, turned, raced up the stairs and flung herself across the bed, her