please,” and she said “When did I?” and he said “That way, I mean, for I hate it when you use it like that, saying it as if — for I know what’s coming next and I don’t like what I see,” and she said “What?” and he said “The worst, the goddamn worst,” and she said “Now you’re getting angry and I—” and he said “I’m not, my face isn’t, I don’t feel it, in the face or building up in the body, or my anger,” and she said “Then worked up, because that’s another thing I wanted to avoid,” and he said “I’m not that either; I’m listening and maybe at times commenting or just answering,” and she said “Then just listen, all right? Now: it’s fun a great deal with you, this by way of introduction—” and he said “Oh boy, some woman said that to me years and years ago and the introduction meant the end,” and she said “Will you please