Topical Guide 296
Mark Dorset
Promises, Exacting a Promise
Secrets
Decisions: Irreversible, Slamming Door as Metaphor for
Fortune Cookie Wisdom
“Uncle Ben, you have to promise me something. You have to promise me never to tell anyone about this.”
“Hell, you shouldn’t be ashamed of this, Herb. There’s lots of people who do worse things than — ”
“Uncle Ben, you have to promise.”
“All right, I promise.”
“And I mean never.”
“Never.”Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 8
“I want your word that you’ll never tell anyone about this and that you’ll never ask me to work on coarse goods again.”
“Does this mean that your young man doesn’t know about your craft?”
“He doesn’t know anything at all about it, and I want you to promise that he’ll never know anything from you, directly or indirectly. No accidental slips. No hints. No winks. Nothing.”
“He will never know from me, dear,” said Luther, raising his hand. “I wonder, though, whether deception is a good beginning for a marriage.”Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 8
She turned and walked out of the office, leaving the door open behind her. When she was halfway along the corridor, she heard its satisfying slam.
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 8
See also: Fortune Cookie Wisdom TG 37; TG 74; TG 109; TG 126
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