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Mrs. Mahon and Gilligan had resumed their old status of companionship and quiet pleasure in each other's company. Now that he no longer hoped to marry her she could be freer with him.
"Perhaps this is what we needed, Joe. Anyway, I never knew anyone I liked half this much."