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52 THE GIRDLE It’s like your whole life, she said, you’re wearing a girdle, then comes this one person . . . With him you can take off the girdle you didn’t even know you had on. The way the flesh spills, the ease, you never dreamed . . . You get used to that broad breathing, looseness of small daily things. Then it happens. He’s gone. Right away the girdle is back on and this time you know it. ...

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