Do you know what I want more than anything else? Alison asked.
THERE WAS A BRIEF PAUSE
What? I said.
A sewing-mae Alison said, with buttonhole-making attats.
THERE WAS A LONG PAUSE
There are so many things I could do with it for instance fixing up last years fall dresses and lots of other things.
THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS PAUSE DURING WHICH I BOUGHT HER A NECCHI SEWING-MAE
Wonderful! Alison said sitting at the trols of the Necchi and making buttonholes in a copy of the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Her eyes glistened. I had also bought a two-year subscription to Necews because I could not be sure that her i would not be held for that long at least.
THERE AUSE BROKEN ONLY BY THE HUMMING OF THE NECCHI
Then I bought her a purple Rolls which we decided to park oreet because our apartment building had ne. Alison said she absolutely loved the Rolls! and gave me ahusiastic kiss. I paid for the car with a check drawn on the First City Bank.
THERE WAS AN INTERVAL
Peter Alison said, what do you want to do now?
Oh I dont know I said.
THERE WAS A LONG INTERVAL
Well we t simply sit around the apartment Alison said so we went to the races at Aqueduct where I bought a race horse that was running well out in front of the others. What a handsome race horse! Alison said delightedly. I paid for the horse with a che the Capital National Bank.
THERE WAS AN INTERMISSIOWEEN RACES SO WE WENT AROUND TO THE STABLES AND BOUGHT A HORSE TRAILER
The trailer was attached by means of a trailer hitch, which I bought when it became clear that the trailer could not be hitched up without oo the back of our new Rolls. The horses name was Dan and I bought a horse bla, which he was already wearing but which did not e with him, to keep him warm.
He is beautiful Alison said.
A front-ruoo I said.
THERE WAS AN INTERVAL OF SEVERAL DAYS. THEN ALISON AND I DROVE THE CAR WITH THE TRAILER UP THE RAMP INTO THE PLANE AND WE FLEW BAILWAUKEE
After stopping for lunch at Howard Johnsons where we fed Dan some fried clams which he seemed to like very much Alison said: Do you know what weve pletely fotten? I khat there was something but although I thought hard I could not imagine what it was.
Theres no place to keep him in our apartment building! Alison said triumphantly, pointing at Dan. She was of course absolutely right and I hastily bought a large three-story house in Milwaukees best suburb. To make the house more fortable I bought a cert grand piano.
ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE NEW HOUSE THE PIANO MOVERS PAUSED FLASS OF COLD WATER
Here are some little matters whiust attend to Alison said, handing me a box of bills. I went through them carefully, noting the amounts and thinking about money.
What in the name of God is this! I cried, holding up a bill for $1600 from the hardware store.
Garden hose Alison said calmly.
THERE WAS AN UNFORTABLE SILENCE
It was clear that I would have to remove some money from the State Bank & Trust and place it in the Municipal National and I did so. The pilot of the airplane which I had bought to fly us to Aqueduct, with his friend the pilot of the larger plane I had bought to fly us back, appeared at the door and asked to be paid. The pilots names were Gee and Sam. I paid them and also bought from Sam his flight jacket, which was khaki-colored and pleasant-looking. They smiled and saluted as they left.