was a pause and then she went back to talking about Puccini and Wagner against the clamor of the students' voices in the background,
It was after that I decided to mention to them what I had learned from a social working friend that there were societies, some of whose members were sex deviants and some who were not, that were working with such people to help them in their problems of adjustment to them. selves and society, and to disseminate knowledge about the subject to the public. They said it sounded quite interesting and they'd like to know more about it, so I arranged through my friend for them to receive a subscription to one of the groups' magazines.
The term was then nearly over. When I ran into Carol in the hall just after the final in our class, she told me that she had cancelled the subscription. "You see," she said, looking straight at me and talking rapidly, I'm only interested in it from the viewpoint of doing psychological rosearch and I'm too busy with my studies to do any right now, and there'd be no other reason for me to have any contact with such groups."
The last time I ever saw her was at the beginning of the following term on the first day of registration. She was working with some of the girls who were to help students fill out their forms. There had been a momentary lull with nothing to do, so they were all brightly chattering about lipstick and nail polish and their boyfriends. Carol was sitting with them, a slightly strained smile on her face, trying hard to seem interested.
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