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66 "We got quick changes to make. Get in that corner and slip into your dancing strap; I've got a belt on already. Have to keep one on all the time with hot stuff like you around."

A few minutes later, they had changed into trunks and shirts.

"I never knew how pretty you were," she said.

"The same goes for you, baby," he said.

"You mean that?" She laughed. "Aren't you going a bit too far?"

"You've been wonderful, really wonderful," he said. He took her in his arms. "If we ever get to meaning anything at all in this business, it'll be because you've been so wonderful."

"Those are precious words, precious," she whispered, as she let him kiss her.