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No Longer Human
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I thought as I watched Yoshiko bandage my hand that I might cut down on my drinking. “I’m giving it up. From tomorrow on I won’t touch a drop.� “Do you mean it?� “There’s no doubt about it. I’ll give it up. If I give it up, will you marry me, Yoshiko?� Asking her to marry me was, however, intended only as a joke. “Natch.� (“Natch� for “naturally� was popular at the time.) “Right. Let’s hook fingers on that. I promise I’ll give it up.� The next day, as might have been expected, I spent drinking.