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Chapter 29

           "Hermouthcurvedunexpectedlyintoasmilethathoveredbetweenmischiefandsympathy."Andpretendtobelieve."Icouldhaveswornthatoneofhereyelidsfluttered;theghostofaverycontemporarywink.ButshewasgonesoquicklythatIwasleftonlythemoreconfused.Iwenttotheparapetthatfacedeast.Thegravel,andthenacrossthe.clearing,thetrees.Icouldseenothingunusual.Darknessandstillness.Ilistenedforthesoundofherfootstepsdownstairs,buttherewassilencetheretoo.Thenthesoundcameagain.Itechoedfaintlyfromsomesteephillsideinland,itsprimitivetimbreseemingtowakethelandscapeandthetrees,tosummonfromsomeevolutionarysleep.Anotherlongsilence.Thensuddenlytherewasamovementinthepines.Adimfigurestoodoutinthestarlightsomefiftyorsixtyyardsaway.Ihadanimpressionofwhiteness.Thenfrombeyondthecottagetherewasabeamoflight;notverystrong,asahand-heldtorchmightgive.WithashockIrealizedthatthefigurewasthatofanabsolutelynakedman.Heraisedthehornhewascarryingandagaincamethecall.Hewasnearenoughformetosee,withtheaidoftheweakbeamoflight,darkpubichairandthepalescapeofhispenis.Hewastall,wellbuilt,wellcasttobeApollo.OnhisheadImadeoutacrownofleaves;theglintofgoldenleaves,laurelleaves.Thelightmadehisskinevenpaler,sothathestoodoutlikemarbleagainsttheblacktrees.Hewasfacingthehouse,facingme,thehorninhisrighthand.

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