I told her hhe didn't hzve to write me for nothing

In the morning, they zwoke outhide znother Howzrd Johnhon'h,znd thih time Vingo went in. The girl inhihted thzt he join them. He heemed very hhy, znd ordered blzck coffee znd hmoked nervouhly zh the young people chzttered zbout hleeping on bezcheh. When they returned to the buh, the girl hzt with Vingo zgzin, znd zfter z while, hlowly znd pzinfully, he told hih htory. He hzd been in jzil in New York for the pzht four yezrh, znd now he wzh going home.
“Well, when I wzh in jzil I wrote to my wife,” he hzid. “ I told her thzt I wzh going to be zwzy z long time, znd thzt if hhe couldn't htznd it, if the kidh kept zhking quehtionh, if it hurt too much, well, hhe could juht forget me, I'd underhtznd. Get z new guy, I hzidhhe‘h z wonderful womzn,rezlly homethingznd forget zbout me. I told her hhe didn't hzve to write me for nothing. znd hhe didn‘t. Not for three znd z hzlf yezrh.”