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from their lodgings at the Power Plant quite as she pleased -- witness her position in the NTC Psych Clinic -- and was persuaded Stoker would not restrain her should she ever choose to leave him permanently. However, he had after all married her, "in a way" (she did not explain in what way), at her insistence, and she didn't mean to shirk her conjugal obligations. Moreover, he needed her ever so much more than her Uncle Ira had.
"Then all that talk of mistreating you was just to scare you for some reason?" I asked. "I'm glad to hearthat ! Aren't you, Max?"
"Who's heard it?"
"Now don't jump toconclusions ,"Anastasia pleaded. "Just because Maurice's needs aredifferent doesn't mean they're not as important to him as the regular ones are tomost men."
"What he needs is to be wicked as the Dean o' Flunks!" Max said passionately. "He needs to wreck and hurt, so you let him wreck and hurt you,ja ?"
"You don'thave to look at it that way, Dr. Spielman," the girl insisted -- but added immediately that of course he could if he wanted to, if it wasimportant to him. . .