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Chapter 29

           "Butnotallhislifewastodowiththedead.Hehadanobservatoryontheroofofhischâteau,andawell-equippedbiologicallaboratory.Heneverwalkedoutintheparkwithoutcarryingasmallétuioftesttubes.Tocatchspiders.IhadknownhimoverayearbeforeIdiscoveredthatthiswasmorethananothereccentricity.Thathewasinfactoneofthemostlearnedarachnologistsofhisday.Thereisevenaspeciesnamedafterhim:Theridiondeukansii.HewasdelightedthatIalsoknewsomethingofornithology.Andheencouragedmetospecializeinwhathejokinglycalledornithosemanticsthemeaningofbirdsound."HewasthemostabnormalmanIhadevermet.Andthepolitest.Andthemostdistant.Andcertainlythemostsociallyirresponsible.Iwastwenty-fiveyourage,Nicholas,whichwillperhapstellyoumorethananythingIcansayhowunableIwastojudgehim.Itis,Ithink,themostdifficultandirritatingageofall.Bothtobeandtobehold.Onehastheintelligence,oneisinallwaystreatedasagrownman.Butcertainpersonsreduceonetoadolescence,becauseonlyexperiencecanunderstandandassimilatethem.InfactdeDeukans,bybeingashewascertainlynotbyarguingraisedprofounddoubtsinmyphilosophy.Doubtshewaslatertocrystallizeforme,asIwilltellyou,infivesimplewords."Isawthefaultsinhiswayoflifeandatthesametimefoundmyselfenchanted.Thatis,unabletoactrationally.

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