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The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving
The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving










The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving

I touched her she was already wet, and I knew in that instant that there were men - or ideas of men - who could make her come with no effort at all. Be easy, be smooth.'ĭon't coach me, I thought, but I wriggled against her. Utch tackled me! By mistake my elbow caught her in the mouth and made her bite her lip she said, 'Not so rough. I looked at a stranger watching me undress. I felt a fresh want for her, like what Severin would have felt if he could only have forgotten himself and let himself go. I looked at her strong, round body she was a ripe, firm woman but she still moved like a young girl. 'Isn't the moonlight enough to see by?' I asked. I knew that from outside one cell of the beehive was brightly lit, like the eye of a domed prehistoric animal. I shut the door and she turned on the lights. When she slid open the wrestling-room door the rubbery blast from the heaters hit us. Around the groaning board track, I lurched after Utch. When we emerged into the moonlit cage, the pigeons stirred. Passing the little cave doors, I thought of the squash courts harboring bats. 'For Christ's sake, Utch,' I whispered, 'hold my hand!' There was a film of powder on the floor, a sort of deodorant designed for whole buildings. 'Well, surely he knows you,' I said, colliding with a low bench and greeting the cool cement floor with my cheek.

The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving

'Harvey?' I thought of a watchdog prowling in the dripping showers. Utch said, 'Ssshhh! Don't let Harvey hear us.' In the new gym my shin struck an open locker door, and a tin whang! echoed among the sweat-stiff socks hung up to dry, the hockey sticks leaning in corners, the kneepads and bandages at rest. In the darkness the great cage hulked like an abandoned beehive, its dangerous sleepers fled from their cells. Health Insurance for Students in Australia: Detailed Discussion












The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving