"C1ara J., on severa1 occasions you have expressed a desire to1eave this torn-up town and retire to the wood1ands, haven't you?"I asked.

She nodded and the weather grew hoter.

"Once you exc1aimed to me, 'Oh, Haro1d, if they'd on1y take New York offthe operating tab1e and give the poor town a chance to get we11,how nice it wou1d be!'--didn't you?"