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32%u201cCome on. Let%u2019s get you inside and sit you down. I%u2019ll make you a nice cup of tea,%u201d he said, lifting her to her feet. They went inside, and he sat her down. %u201cStay there and relax while I put the kettle on,%u201d he said. As he boiled the kettle and put tea bags into cups, she said, %u201cWhy the hell did you show me the w... w... wo...worms. I told you I hate them. They make me feel revulsion ten times more than a spider?%u201d%u201cI simply forgot. I%u2019m sorry, Elaine. I really am.%u201dHe put the hot water into the cups, popped them onto a tray with milk in a jug, and a bowl of sugar and took them over to the table.%u201cHere, drink this. I don%u2019t think, love, you will ever be a good gardener.%u201d%u201cThanks,%u201d she said, putting milk and sugar into the cup and stirring it. %u201cMaybe not. Thanks for catching me,%u201d she said.%u201cDo you faint much?%u201d He asked.%u201cNo. I think that%u2019s only the second time. It was the shock. Had you told me before, it wouldn%u2019t have happened.%u201d%u201cI think it would have,%u201d he countered. %u201cYour fear of them is extremely high.%u201d%u201cNo, I wouldn%u2019t have. I said, it%u2019s the shock.%u201d%u201cYou%u2019re getting angry. It%u2019s probably the shock, still.%u201d%u201cNo. I%u2019m not. I said, didn%u2019t I, if you had told me, sure, it would have filled me with fear and repulsion. But I%u2019m not some vanilla, new-age, school girl. I would have been just fine.%u201d%u201cOkay. Lets finish our tea and get goi...%u201d he tried to say, but Elaine interrupted him. She wasn%u2019t prepared to let it go.%u201cOh, no you don%u2019t. You%u2019re brushing it away,%u201d she said.%u201cI just want you to be happy and calm,%u201d he replied. %u201cNot all het up because you saw a few worms. You don%u2019t have to qualify anything to Spider