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Chapter 21

           Ihadalwayslikedwomeninlongdresses.Shemovedgracefully.Sheseemedtohavealotofclass.Shereturnedwithtwoglassesandthebottleofwineandpoured.SheofferedmeaBensonandHedges.Ilitone.

           "DoyoureadTheNewYorker?"sheasked."Theyprintsomegoodstories."

           "Idon’tagree."

           "What’swrongwiththem?

           "They’retooeducated."

           "Ilikethem."

           "Well,shit,"Isaid.

           Wesatdrinkingandsmoking.

           "Doyoulikemyapartment?"

           "Yes,it’snice."

           "ItremindsmeofsomeoftheplacesI’vehadinEurope.Ilikethespace,thelight."

           "Europe,huh?"

           "Yes,Greece,Italy...Greece,mostly."

           "Paris?"

           "Ohyes,IlikedParis.London,no."

           Thenshetoldmeaboutherself.HerfamilyhadlivedinNewYorkCity.Herfatherwasacommunist,hermotheraseamstressinasweatshop.Hermotherhadworkedthefrontmachine,shewasnumberone,thebestofallofthem.Toughandlikeable.Nicolewasself-educated,hadgrownupinNewYork,hadsomehowmetafamousdoctor,married,livedwithhimfortenyears,thendivorcedhim.Shenowreceivedonly$400amonthalimony,anditwasdifficulttomanage.Shecouldn’taffordherapartment,butshelikedittoomuchtoleave.

           "Yourwriting,"shesaidtome,"it’ssoraw.It’slikeasledgehammer,andyetithashumorandtenderness..."

           "Yeah,"Isaid.

           Iputmydrinkdownandlookedather.Icuppedherchininmyhandanddrewhertowardsme.Igaveherthetiniestkiss.

           Nicolecontinuedtalking

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