Her second novel was The Abbess." I don't get it," said Karen."Well, as I said, there are many possibilities. But a few are notable. First, Gillespie ...as brought up as a Catholic, or at least went to a Catholic school, and was really hung up on nuns and priests and idolators and cloisters. Second, he was really very Romantic -- with a big R -- and just acted the bastard to protect himself, so he went for Romantic correspondence and such. I think there's even a chance that he was a Romantic. I started to think about the unusual level of arousal Julie had felt, being with this other man, the intensity of her passion.What was it I’d heard her saying to him – she’d had five orgasms?She’d never had that many with me, I was sure of it.Yes, I was starting to feel jealous, I wanted to get my wife away from this stud. I’d now seen his penis outside of her and even only semi-hard, it looked like it could grow into something that would only make me feel inadequate.I didn’t want to be. With lightening speed, he grabbed her face with his right hand, squeezing hard enough to push the side of her lips inward and said, "Before you say anything else, you are going to tell us your fucking name."This frightened her and a moment later she said, "Elizabeth." And who are you Elizabeth?" he asked still squeezing her face."I'm Darla's mother," she replied.He immediately let go of her face and turned his attention to me without saying another word to her. He looked down at my displayed. T. and T., General Motors, U.S.Steel, I.B.M. and General Electric?are the solid rocks of the market andwill be our security for the future. We won't be doing anything with ourmoney that could attract attention until the late seventies, when I snapup a bunch of Microsoft stock." Unless we follow my plan for 1969?you know, going to Las Vegas at thebeginning of the year to lay a big bet on the Mets to win the WorldSeries." Claire giggled.This time Melissa made no effort to hide the roll of her.