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Chapter 16

           Therewerelongshotsofbreasts,shotsofbreastsofeverymaterialfromeveryangle,andagainstallsortsofbackground,closerandcloser,untilthefinalpicturewasofnothingbutbreast,withonedarkandmuchlargerthannaturalnipplestaringfromthecenteroftheglossypage.Itwasmuchtooobsessivetobeerotic.Ipickedupthelampandwentintothebathroom.Itwaswellfittedout,withaformidablemedicinechest.Ilookedforsomesignofawoman’soccupation,andfoundnone.Therewasrunningwater,butitwascoldandsalt;formenonly.Iwentbacktomyroomandlayonthebed.Theskyintheopenwindowwasapalenightblueandoneortwofirstfaintnortherlystarsblinkedoverthetrees.Outside,thecricketschirpedmonotonously,withaWebern-likeinconsistencyyetprecisionofrhythm.Iheardsmallnoisesfromthecottagebelowmywindow,andIcouldsmellcooking.Inthehousewasagreatstillness.IwasincreasinglybaffledbyConchis.AttimeshewassoGermanicallydogmaticthatIwantedtolaugh,tobehaveinthetraditionallyxenophobic,continentals-despisingwayofmyrace;attimes,ratheragainstmywill,heimpressedme,andnotonlyasarichmanwithsomeenviableworksofartinhishouse.Andnowhequitedefinitelyfrightenedme.Itwasthekindofillogicalfearofthesupernaturalthatinothersmademesneer;butallalongIhadfeltthatIwasinvitednotoutofhospitality,butforsomeotherreason.Hewantedtousemeinsomeway.Inowdiscountedhomosexuality;hehadhadhischancesandignoredthem

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