tom went away and came back with one but tess didn't think that her life was fun so one day announced that she had got two she found as she wept all friday night through. not to be outdone, tom rustled up four which criss-crossed and dripped all over the floor, but tess went to work and proudly showed five which perpetually hurt and skirts could not hide. tom and tess took their anger to bed, romped in the dark as the bedspread turned red
