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Chapter 14

           Heknewshewas"out";itexplainedthesecondplaceattheteatable,andthemysteriousbell.Iturnedaround,halfexpectingtohearagiggle,aratherinanegiggle;andthenasIlookedatthethickshadowyscrubnearthegate,andrememberedthegrimreferencetoProspero,amoresinisterexplanationcametome.Notweakmindedness,butsometerribledisfigurement.Notallyoungandbeautiful,Mr.Urfe.Ifelt,forthefirsttimeontheisland,asmallcoldshiverofsolitary-placefear.ThesunwasgettinglowandnightcomeswithneartropicalspeedinGreece.Ididn’twanttohavetonegotiatethesteepnorthsidepathsindarkness.SoIhungthegloveneatlyoverthecenterofthetopbarofthegateandwentonquickly.HalfanhourlaterthecharminghypothesisoccurredtomethatConchiswasatransvestite.AfterawhileIbegan,forthefirsttimeinmonths,tosing.Itoldnoone,notevenMéli,aboutmyvisittoConchis,butIspentmanyhoursconjecturingaboutthemysteriousthirdpersoninthehouse.Idecidedthataweakmindedwifewasthemostlikelyanswer;itwouldexplaintheseclusion,thetaciturnservants.ItriedtomakeupmymindaboutConchistoo.Iwasfarfromsurethathewasnotjustahomosexual;thatwouldexplainMitford’sinadequatewarning,thoughnotveryflatteringlytome.

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