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255 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1963
鈥楧o you think you鈥檒l make me love you by keeping me prisoner?鈥�
I want you to get to know me.
鈥楢s long as I鈥檓 here you鈥檒l just be a kidnapper to me. You know that?鈥�
I got up. I didn鈥檛 want to be with her any more.
鈥榃ait,鈥� she said, coming towards me, 鈥業鈥檒l make a promise. I understand. Really. Let me go. I鈥檒l tell no one, and nothing will happen.鈥�
It was the first time she鈥檇 given me a kind look. She was saying, trust me, plain as words. A little smile round her eyes, looking up at me. All eager.
鈥榊ou could. We could be friends. I could help you.鈥�
Looking up at me there.
鈥業t鈥檚 not too late.鈥�
I couldn鈥檛 say what I felt, I just had to leave her; she was really hurting me. So I closed the door and left her. I didn鈥檛 even say good night.