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Chapter 15

           ""Younevermarriedatall?"Heremainedlookingdownatthephotograph,thenslowlyshookhishead."Come."AtablestoodinthesoutheastcorneroftheparapetedL-shapedterrace.Itwasalreadylaidwithacloth,presumablyfordinner.Welookedoverthetreesatthebreathtakingview,thevastdomeoflightoverlandandsea.ThemountainsofthePeloponnesushadturnedaviolet-blue,andVenushunginthepalegreenskylikeawhitelamp,withthesteadysoftbrillianceofgaslight.Thephotostoodinthedoorway,placedratherinthewaychildrenputdollsinawindowtoletthemlookout.Hesatagainsttheparapetwithhisbacktotheview."Youhaveagirl.Youareengaged?"InmyturnIshookmyhead."Youmustfindlifehereveryfrustrating.""Iwaswarned."Someembarrassingpropositionhauntedtheair."Youhavenogirl.Youhavenofamily.Youhavenofriendshere.Youareveryalone.""Lonelinesshasitsadvantages."Ilookedathim."Hasn’tit?""Iamlonelyhere.Notelsewhere."Headded,"Andnotevenhere."Ilookedouttosea."Wellthereisagirl,but…""But?""Ican’texplain.""IssheEnglish?"IthoughtoftheBonnard;thatwasthereality;suchmoments;notwhatonecouldtell.Ismiledathim."MayIaskyouwhatyouaskedmelastweek?Noquestions?""Ofcourse."Wesatinsilencethen,thatsamepeculiarsilencehehadimposedonthebeachtheSaturdaybefore.Atlastheturnedtotheseaandspokeagain."Greeceislikeamirror.Itmakesyousuffer.Thenyoulearn.""Tolivealone?""Tolive.Withthingsastheyare.

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