A week later on a Sunday evening, Roger and Eve were eating dinner at a local restaurant. Eve had spent the day with her sister, while Roger had relaxed at home. After they had given the waiter their orders, Roger told her he had a surprise. “I know we haven’t been going out a lot lately. Well, next weekend we’re going up to Stowe, Vermont.”
“What’s in Stowe, Vermont?”
“It’s a ski resort.”
“But I don’t ski!”
“You can learn. They offer lessons there. Wouldn’t you like to learn how to ski? It would be a social asset, at any rate.”
“I guess so.” She pondered this for a minute and then said, “I guess we won’t be together that much. I’ll be taking lessons and you’ll be off skiing by yourself.”
“Actually, I won’t be by myself, I’ve invited another couple.”
“Oh, who?”
“Claude and his girl
