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Literary
November 28, 1944
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Anne reflects on her complicated feelings after Laura and Russell leave the Reynolds home. Dr. Raynor comforts her on the porch and boldly implies he wants to marry her, leaving her stunned.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
LAURA AND Russell left the Reynolds home together. Russell shook hands with the doctor first and then with Anne, to whom he said, "It was very good of you to bring Dr. Raynor here." Anne went out on the porch with them. It was cooler there and she watched the car drive along Morris street till it was out of sight. She didn't want to go back into the house, where she knew Dwight was waiting to talk to her She didn't want to talk to anyone. She was calm, very calm, as there is calm even at the center of a whirlpool. But she felt helpless. She had to go on. She couldn't run away from Dwight now, not even if she wanted to. And she wasn't sure she did want She had tried running away from the problem and had only gotten herself tangled up in far worse problems.
Dr. Raynor came out of the house and put an arm about her. His voice was soft and caressing. She had thrilled to It so often. She could remember how her heart had leaped the first time he put his arms about her, the first time he had walked straight up to her and kissed her, as he had in front of Mrs. Reynolds today. It was so frank, so open, so spontaneous, it might have been a brother's kiss, or else the kiss of one who was very sure of himself in every way.
"Would you rather sit out here and talk?" he asked "It is a little cooler."
"Everyone will see us-and gossip. This place is like that. You are the object of all attention, even as it is."
"Am I supposed to mind? Or do you?"
She drew away and was direct at last "Your wife might not approve."
For a moment he stared, then his eyes twinkled. Finally he spoke in that easy, bantering tone which once had utterly charmed her.
"We needn't worry about my wife." he said.
"And why not?"
He spread his hands in a gesture.
"How can I have a wife until you marry me?"
It took her a moment to grasp the meaning of his words: She opened her mouth to speak
LAURA AND Russell left the Reynolds home together. Russell shook hands with the doctor first and then with Anne, to whom he said, "It was very good of you to bring Dr. Raynor here." Anne went out on the porch with them. It was cooler there and she watched the car drive along Morris street till it was out of sight. She didn't want to go back into the house, where she knew Dwight was waiting to talk to her She didn't want to talk to anyone. She was calm, very calm, as there is calm even at the center of a whirlpool. But she felt helpless. She had to go on. She couldn't run away from Dwight now, not even if she wanted to. And she wasn't sure she did want She had tried running away from the problem and had only gotten herself tangled up in far worse problems.
Dr. Raynor came out of the house and put an arm about her. His voice was soft and caressing. She had thrilled to It so often. She could remember how her heart had leaped the first time he put his arms about her, the first time he had walked straight up to her and kissed her, as he had in front of Mrs. Reynolds today. It was so frank, so open, so spontaneous, it might have been a brother's kiss, or else the kiss of one who was very sure of himself in every way.
"Would you rather sit out here and talk?" he asked "It is a little cooler."
"Everyone will see us-and gossip. This place is like that. You are the object of all attention, even as it is."
"Am I supposed to mind? Or do you?"
She drew away and was direct at last "Your wife might not approve."
For a moment he stared, then his eyes twinkled. Finally he spoke in that easy, bantering tone which once had utterly charmed her.
"We needn't worry about my wife." he said.
"And why not?"
He spread his hands in a gesture.
"How can I have a wife until you marry me?"
It took her a moment to grasp the meaning of his words: She opened her mouth to speak
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Love Romance
What keywords are associated?
Romantic Proposal
Emotional Tension
Small Town Gossip
Personal Relationships
Literary Details
Title
Chapter Thirty Seven
Key Lines
"How Can I Have A Wife Until You Marry Me?"
She Opened Her Mouth To Speak