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Chapter 23

           Theincidentsseemeddesignedtodeceiveallthesenses.Lastnight’shadcoveredsmellandhearing;thisafternoon’s,andthatglimpsedfigureofyesterday,sight.Tasteseemedirrelevantbuttouch…howonearthcouldheexpectmeeventopretendtobelievethatwhatImighttouchwas"psychic"?Andthenwhatonearthappropriately,onearthhadthesetrickstodowith"travelingtootherworlds"?Onlyonethingwasclear;hisanxietyabouthowmuchImighthaveheardfromMitfordandLeverrierwasnowexplained.Hehadpracticedhisstrangeillusionismsonthem;andswornthemtosecrecy.Whenhecameouthetookmeofftowaterhisvegetables.Thewaterhadtobedrawnupoutofoneofabatteryoflong-neckedcisternsbehindthecottage,andwhenwehaddonethatandfedtheplantswesatonaseatbythePriapusarbor,withtheunusualsmell,insummerGreece,ofverdantwetearthallaroundus.Hedidhisdeep-breathingexercises;evidently,likesomuchelseinhislife,ritual;thensmiledatmeandjumpedbacktwenty-fourhours."Nowtellmeaboutthisgirl."Itwasacommand,notaquestion,orratherarefusaltobelieveIcouldrefuseagain."There’snothingreallytotell.""Sheturnedyoudown.""No.Ornotatthebeginning.Iturnedherdown.""Andnowyouwish…?""It’sallover.It’salltoolate.""YousoundlikeAdonis.Haveyoubeengored?"Therewasasilence.Itookthestep;somethingthathadnaggedmeeversinceIhaddiscoveredhewasadoctor;andalsotoshockhisoldman’smockingofmyyoungman’sfatalism.

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