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Chapter 21

           "Whetheritwasthedistance,whethertherecord,becauseitmusthavebeenarecord,hadbeendeliberatelyslowedthereseemedtobesometonaldistortionaswellIcouldn’ttell,butthesongcamewithadreamlikeslowness,almostasifitwasbeingsungoutofthestarsandhadhadtocrossallthatnightandspacetoreachme.Iwenttothedoorofmyroomandopenedit.IhadsomeideathattherecordplayermustbeinConchis’sroom.Somehowhehadhadthesoundrelayedtoaspeaker,orspeakers,inthehillsperhapsthatwaswhatwasinthelittleroom,relayingequipment,agenerator.Buttherewasabsolutesilenceinthehouse.Iclosedthedoorandleantbackagainstit.Thevoicesandthesongwasheddimlydownoutofthenight,throughthepineforest,overthehouseandouttosea.Suddenlythehumor,theabsurd,tender,touchingincongruityofthewholething,mademesmile.IrealizedthatitmustbesomeelaboratejokeofConchis’s,mountedformyexclusivebenefit.Therewasnoneedtorushabouttryingtodiscoverhowitwasdone.Ishouldfindthatoutinthemorning.Meanwhile,Iwastoenjoyit.Iwentbacktothewindow.Thevoiceshadbecomeverydim,barelyaudible;butsomethingelsehadgrownpenetratinglystrong.ItwasthecesspoolsmellIhadnoticedearlier.Nowitwasanatrociousstenchthatinfestedthewindlessair,anauseatingcompoundofdecomposingfleshandexcrement,sorevoltingthatIhadtoholdmynoseandbreathethroughmymouth.Belowmyroomtherewasanarrowpassagebetweenthecottageandthehouse

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