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Thomas Wheeler, (36) of the Massachusetts Mutual Life (37) Company, and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was (38) on gas. Wheeler got off the highway at the next (39) and soon found a rundown gas station with just one gas pump. He asked the (40) attendant to fill the tank and check the oil, then went for a little walk around the station to (41) his legs. As he was returning to the car, he noticed that the attendant and his wife were (42) in an animated conversation. The conversation stopped as he paid the attendant. (43) . "It was great talking to you." As they drove out of the station, Wheeler asked his wife if she knew the man. She readily admitted she did. (44) . "Boy, were you lucky that I came along." bragged Wheeler. " (45) , you’d be the wife of a gas station attendant instead of the wife of a chief executive officer." "My dear, "replied his wife, " (46) .