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Chapter 16

           Beside,theBonnards,thefiancée,thebookofbreasts,alldiscountedit.Somethingmuchmorebizarrewasafoot.Areyouelect…EvenhereIamnotalone…Iampsychic…itallpointedtospiritualism,totabletapping.Perhapstheladyoftheglovewasamediumofsomekind.CertainlyConchishadn’tgotthepetty-bourgeoisgentilityandthewoollyvocabularyIassociatedwithséanceholders;buthewasequallycertainlynotanormalman.Ilitacigarette,andafterawhileIsmiled.Inthatsmallbareroom,itseemednottomatter,evenifIwasashadescared.ThetruthwasthatIwasfullofasortofgreenstir.Conchiswasnomorethanthechanceagent,theeventthathadcomeattherighttime;justasintheolddays,Imight,afteracelibatetermatOxford,havemetagirlandbegunanaffairewithher;Ihadbegunsomethingexcitingwithhim.ItseemedlinkedinawaywithmywantingtoseeAlisonagain.Iwantedtoliveagain.Thehousewasasquietasdeath,astheinsideofaskull;buttheyearwas1953,Iwasanatheistandanabsolutenonbelieverinspiritualism,ghostsandallthatmumbo-jumbo.Ilaytherewaitingforthehalf-hourtopass;andthesilenceofthehousewasstill,thatday,muchmoreasilenceofpeacethanoneoffear.

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