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knows she was actually exiled and that all of this was

caused by you. You should apologize for that.”

“Why should I apologize to her? I haven’t done

anything wrong!” I refused to see her. Elephant got

angry. She said that this was the last chance I had to

see her. From then on, Great Smoker and I would be

far apart from each other. So she dragged me to her

home. I couldn’t get rid of her.

On the way, she kept persuading me, “It’s just a

farewell dinner. You should say something to

console her so as to make her happy. She’s going

away anyway. You won’t see her anymore. It won’t

be that much to ask to sit with her for an hour! You

will not suffer any loss!”

I said nothing and followed her to her home.

When I entered, I saw that Great Smoker was talking

happily with Elephant’s husband, who was also a big

man. He was strong and looked like a sports man.

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