“Male. I like Gregory Peck, but sometimes I feel he’s not quite forceful enough.”
“Do you know who I like? Gary Cooper! There’s a real he-man for you!”
“But he’s so old!”
Sugeng was busy reading incoming mail when he got a call to appear before the chief of his bureau. His heart was beating fast as he went to the man’s office, hoping that the problem of his house was at last solved. The nearer Hasnah’s due date, the more nervous he felt. He had battled so often with the people in charge of housing for the ministry’s employees, but he was constantly told to be patient, that at least he had a place to live when so many other employees were living separate from their families for lack of housing.
The bureau chief told him to sit down, and then said, “I have good news for you. Based on the
