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three cars, They have two children and a third is on the
way. They are as happy as any couple in Westport has a
right to be in these crazy, mixed-up days. David is a highly
successful writer of television scripts, with an unerring nose
for what the public wants. It is perhaps unfortunate that his
work brings him into contact with so many clever and at-
tractive women. He is, of course, unfaithful to his wife
with one of them at least twice a year (or at least once a
year with two of them ).
There used to be a time when a David would never do a
thing like this to his wife. He would almost do itand then,
at the last moment, not. But TV is maturing. The Davids do
it all the time. All the damned time.
"But how could you?" Pam Taylor weeps. "David, how
could you?"
And young David Taylor, his face twisted with anguish,
cries, "Don't you understand? Won't you even try to under-
stand? I'm sick! I need help!"
Well. Naturally Pam is very sad that her husband is sick,
sick, sickbut, after all, its the thing to be, isn't it? And so
she's happy she can help him and happily she drives the
two of them down to Dr. Naumbourg, David is very sad
that he's made his lovely wife unhappy, but he's happy that
he's fulfilling his destiny as a David. Dr. Naumbourg always
insists on both husbands and wives Going Into Therapy at
the same time. Pamela's case is a common enough one,
merely a routine phallic envy. Naumbourg gets them every
day,
But in all the years since Vienna, Dr. N. has never had
another patient whose womb-tantasy takes the form of
being a Thing on aii asteroid. And so, while all three of
them are very happy. Dr. Naumbourg is perhaps the happi-
est of all.