Chapter 29

           "Istillloved,atanyratestillpracticed,music.IhadthebigPleyelharpsichordIusehereinourParisflat.Onewarmdayinspring,itwouldhavebeenin1920,Iwasplayingbychancewiththewindowsopen,whenthebellrang.Themaidcameintosaythatagentlemanhadcalledandwishedtospeaktome.Infact,thegentlemanwasalreadybehindthemaid.Hecorrectedherhewantedtolistentome,notspeaktome.Hewassuchanextraordinary-lookingmanthatIhardlynoticedtheextraordinarinessoftheintrusion.Aboutsixty,extremelytall,faultlesslydressed,agardeniainhisbuttonhole…"IlookedsharplyatConchis.Hehadturnedand,asheseemedtoliketo,waslookingouttoseaashespoke.Lilyswiftly,discreetlyraisedherfingertoherlips."Andalsoatfirstsightexcessivelymorose.Therewasbeneaththearchducaldignitysomethingdeeplymournfulabouthim.LiketheactorJouvet,butwithouthissarcasm.LaterIwastodiscoverthathewaslessmiserablethanheappeared.Almostwithoutwordshesatdowninanarmchairandlistenedtomeplay.AndwhenIhadfinished,almostwithoutwordshepickeduphishatandhisamber-toppedstick…"Igrinned.Lilysawmygrin,butlookeddownandrefusedtoshareit,asiftobanit."…andpresentedmewithhiscardandaskedmetocallonhimthenextweek.ThecardtoldmethathisnamewasAlphonsedeDeukans.Hewasacount.Idulypresentedmyselfathisapartment.Itwasverylarge,furnishedwiththeseverestelegance.Amanservantshowedmeintoasalon.DeDeukansrosetogreetme.

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