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for　this　guy　Steve。　He　had　to　run　back　inside。？

Nice　play；　Shakespeare。

？Whew；？　she　exhaled；　fanning　the　air　with　her　hands。　？Smoking　is　just　terrible　for　you。？

？Oh；　I　know；？　Dan　agreed　earnestly；　wiping　his　hands　on　his　faded　green　cords。　？It？s　really　bad。？

？I？m　so　glad　I　ran　into　you！？　Bree　hopped　up　onto　the　ledge　and　started　swinging　her　legs　like　a

kid　who　has　to　pee　but　doesn？t　want　to　get　off　the　swing。　？I　wanted　to　tell　you　how　much　I

likedSiddhartha　。？

？Yeah？　That？s　great。　I　was　actually　just　rereading　it　myself。？

？Really？　What　a　funny　coincidence！？

Right。　Coincidence。

？So　you　thought　the　book　was　interesting？？　Dan　asked；　crossing　his　legs　in　a　way　he　hoped

looked　quasi…intellectual　and　quasi…athletic。　？What　are　you　thinking　of　reading　next？？

？Well；　I？m　going　to　read　a　book　my　yogi　has　been　working　on。　It？s　about　improving　the　way　the

brain　municates　with　the　other　organs　in　the　body　by　meditating　and　doing　yoga　and　chanting。

There　are；　like；　fifty　chapters　and　most　of　them　are　a　hundred　pages　long。　He？s　been　writing　it　for；

like；　eleven　years；　and　he？s　going　to　try　and　have　it　published　this　year　and　he　asked　me　to　look　at

it　for　him。　Me！　Imagine！　It？s　such　an　honor。？

An　honor？　Sounds　more　like　a　pain　in　her　well…yogacized　ass。

？Anyway；　I　have　to　confess；？　she　went　on；　looking　Dan　right　in　the　eye。　？I　didn？t　just　e　by　to

talk　books。？

？You　didn？t？？

She　didn？t？

Dan　blushed　and　looked　down　at　the　ground；　kicking　idly　at　the　cigarette　butt　he？d　claimed

wasn？t　his。　He　wished　he　had　it　back。

？No；　I　wanted　to　see　if　you？d　be　interested　in　getting　together　sometime。　I　know　that　might

sound　ki