It relieves me, for the suffering and the ignominy that are sure to come will be but short-lived."What I mean to propose, dear Katherine, is to ask yo... for your hand in marriage. I have come to care for you, in the last weeks, and I have great respect for you. Marrying me would disturb your life only briefly, and it would give me happiness in my final months. As my widow, your standing will improve greatly, hopefully giving you the opportunities that your birth denied you so far."I know full. We pushed the boat out into the channel and started to do a drift, hoping to snag a few Flathead. Soon there was a good feed in the fish keep.After the tide turned we dropped anchor and cast out using sinkers and sand worm for bait. As always the turn of the tide was pretty unproductive. I had brought a few home brews and some sandwiches with me so we sat and enjoyed the peace. After we had eaten Sister Teresa made the comment."You're not of the faith Jim." A statement not a question."No. " I was taken by surprise, but obedientlycocked my head to give him access. I had opened my lips slightly, but thefamiliar feeling of his lips against mine was interrupted by the invasionof his tongue in my mouth. I tried to break free, but he held me firmly.He continued his oral assault, and I briefly considered of biting him. Inthe end I decided to play along, and started kissing him back. He strokedmy back, and then my buttocks. He cupped my right breast, and squeezed itslightly. My breasts. We all got in my car - Alice got shotgun, of course. She saw thatI had a tape copy of 'Daydream Nation,' and put it on. I felt -strongly - that this was some kind of meaningful parallelismthing, but didn't say anything.This is the betrayal: As soon as we got to the diner, I went tothe bathroom and changed into jeans and T-shirt. Nadie told menot to. Lisa told me not to. Alice was down with whatever Iwanted to do. Even the fucking waitress said that it was cool, ifI wanted to be dressed like a.