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DURING that protracted Sunday conference Dr. Zerneke had suggested to Norman that he come to her home some evening that week, to clear up the situation in a talk of a less formal and legalistic sort. The engagement had been made for Monday evening.
But on Monday morning, when Monica brought his coffee, he was up, and they conversed for a moment at the door; and she reminded him that this was the baby's birthday. At that age, it appeared, birthdays came every month, and this was his first. It was to be a sort of special occasion; and it would be the first time (not counting that time at the hospital) that he had seen his son awake.