CHAPTER THREE
Male Madains

RUE TO HIS WORD, Carl had taken very fevs
drinks. After finishing that part of his story hd
poured a stiff one, as though to blot the memory of
the experience out of his mind.
I couldn’t quite find the words, yet I felt I waf
~expected to say something, “I’'m sorry, Carl, tha
must have affected you terribly,” I said.