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Fifth Columnist
					 
				 
				It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very  chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate.
I  was furling my wieldy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her  standing alone in a corner. She was a descript person, a woman in a  state
of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
I  wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew I'd have to make bones about  it since I was travelling cognito. Beknownst to me, the hostess, whom I  could see both hide and hair of, was very proper, so it would be skin  off my nose if anything bad happened. And even though I had only  swerving loyalty to her, my manners couldn't be peccable. Only toward  and heard-of behaviour would do.
Fortunately, the embarrassment  that my maculate appearance might cause was evitable. There were two  ways about it, but the chances that someone as flappable as I would be  ept enough to become persona grata or a sung hero were slim. I was,  after all, something to sneeze at, someone you could easily hold a  candle to, someone who usually aroused bridled passion.
So I  decided not to risk it. But then, all at once, for some apparent reason,  she looked in my direction and smiled in a way that I could make heads  and tails of.
I was plussed. It was concerting to see that she  was communicado, and it nerved me that she was interested in a pareil  like me, sight seen. Normally, I had a domitable spirit, but, being  corrigible, I felt capacitated - as if this were something I was great  shakes at - and forgot that I had succeeded in situations like this only  a told number of times.
So, after a terminable delay, I acted with mitigated gall and made my way through the ruly crowd with strong givings.
Nevertheless,  since this was all new hat to me and I had no time to prepare a promptu  speech, I was petuous. Wanting to make only called-for remarks, I  started talking about the hors d'oeuvres, trying to abuse her of the  notion that I was sipid, and perhaps even bunk a few myths about myself.
She  responded well, and I was mayed that she considered me a savoury  character who was up to some good. She told me who she was. "What a  perfect nomer," I said advertently. The conversation became more and  more choate, and we spoke at length to much avail. But I was  defatigable, so I had to leave at a godly hour. I asked if she wanted to  come with me. To my delight, she was committal. We left the party  together and have been together ever since. I have given her my love,  and she has requited it.
			
		 
	
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