Those same eyes, that same smile and…everything. And when I saw you on the beach everyday this week I couldn’t help thinking of her. Today, this ...afternoon made it even more apparent. You came towards me as a stranger, but inside my mind you were Catherine.”“You loved her sexually?”“Yes, so very much. At first we both thought that it was just a thing, a phase we were going through. But as the months and years went by it grew stronger. It became an obsession for each other and we could not bear. The sight he beheld was even more wondrous than on the surface. The sea floor below them was teeming with life. Plants of various shapes and sizes waved from side to side. Schools of brightly colored fish swam among them. There were strange growths that were forked like a multitude of deer antlers, they looked like stone but he imagined they must be some living, growing thing. It was positively the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his life, with the possible exception of his diving. Eventually, they paid their bill and left the restaurant. They headed for a building a few doors down the street from the restaurant and went in. This was a nondescript office with two rooms. The front room was rather large, and it had a desk with a man sitting behind it. I assumed that he was the receptionist and bouncer, considering his size. There were 11 men lounging in the room reading, napping, playing cards, and otherwise passing the time. The boss and the mark went into a room opening. Henry said he did have three freight loads of furs to go on to Denver next week. He was surprised it was me he was doing business with and had to hear the tale of the poker game. The preacher came in and sat where I had, waiting to start the ceremony. He was older than I expected. Not too clean and pretty rough looking. Jack informed me that in the past he had carried a gun and hired it out. When he had killed someone by accident, he found the Lord and took up preaching.There was a bustle at.
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