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21He dropped the penny in the dryer, turned it on, and turned around. "What" he 21He dropped the penny in the dryer, turned it on, and turned around.
22called upstairs, pretending not to hear his mother's question over the noise 22"What" he called upstairs, pretending not to hear his mother's question over the noise of the dryer.
23of the dryer. He had heard her ask "Could you bring up my underwear from the 23He had heard her ask "Could you bring up my underwear from the dryer" but didn't want to touch her underwear any more than he had to.
24dryer" but didn't want to touch her underwear any more than he had to. "I 24"I don't want to bring up your underwear" he said to himself, and walked back upstairs as his mother was calling down again for her underwear.
25don't want to bring up your underwear" he said to himself, and walked back
26upstairs as his mother was calling down again for her underwear.
27 25
28"Did you get them" she asked when he opened the basement door to the kitchen. 26"Did you get them" she asked when he opened the basement door to the kitchen.
29She was sitting at the table playing dominoes. "Get what" he asked. She 27She was sitting at the table playing dominoes.
30peered at him and said "my underwear." 28"Get what" he asked.
29She peered at him and said "my underwear."
31 30
32"Oh I didn't see them" he answered. He reflexively opened the refrigerator, 31"Oh I didn't see them" he answered.
33reflexively bent down, reflexively tried to feign non-disappointment 32He reflexively opened the refrigerator, reflexively bent down, reflexively tried to feign non-disappointment (appointment? he thought) at seeing the same disappointing empty pickle jar, old head of lettuce, crusty mayonnaise he'd seen already on the way down to switch his laundry over.
34(appointment? he thought) at seeing the same disappointing empty pickle jar, 33"Paul" she said in that way that means Look at me.
35old head of lettuce, crusty mayonnaise he'd seen already on the way down to
36switch his laundry over. "Paul" she said in that way that means Look at me.
37Paul looked at her. 34Paul looked at her.
38 35
39"You had to get them out of the dryer to put your clothes in. Where did you 36"You had to get them out of the dryer to put your clothes in.
40put them?" 37Where did you put them?"