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1994
A quarrel
Mike could see there was going to be trouble. He and his girl friend, Glenda, had had a bitter quarrel only the week before because he had been late for a dinner-date. He was sure it was going to happen again. He was attending a Teacher’s Union meeting at school. It was already 8 o’clock in the evening and he was supposed to meet Glenda at 8:15 in front of a cinema in the center of town, at least 10 minutes’ drive away. The meeting, which had been called suddenly that afternoon, was obviously not going to end soon. Since Glenda had no phone, there had no way of contacting her. “Oh, my god,” he thought to himself. “How am I going to get out of this damned thing?” he looked at his watch again and tried to look interested in the discussion about new salary scales.
Glenda got to the cinema just before 8:15. she was a nurse and had to work long hours at the hospital, so she did not like to waste what little free time she had. That was why she always got angry whenever Mike was not punctual.
Mike was getting more and more impatient. At 8:05 he suddenly stood up and said, “I am terribly sorry but I’ve got an appointment.” Then he grabbed his coat, dashed to his car and drove away. Then things really became difficult. First of all, traffic was very heavy and the main roads were jammed. To make matters worse, the cinema was up a one-way street. But worst of all, there