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Chapter 35

           Ihadthedistinctfeelingthathewasachessmastercaughtbetweentwomoves;immenselyrapidcalculationofcombinations.Onceheeventurnedtosaysomething,butchangedhismind.Wereachedthegravel."DidyoulikemyPoseidon?""Wonderful.Iwasgoingto"Heputhishandonmyarmandstoppedme,andlookeddown,almostasifhewasatalossforwords."Shemaybeamused.Thatiswhatsheneeds.Butnotupset.Forreasonsyouofcoursenowrealize.Iamsorryforallthislittlemysterywespreadaroundyoubefore."Hepressedmyarm,andwenton."Youmeanthe…amnesia?"Hestoppedagain;wehadjustcometothesteps."Nothingelseaboutherstruckyou?""Lotsofthings.""Nothingpathological?""No."HeraisedhiseyebrowsafractionasifIsurprisedhim,butwentupthesteps;puthisglassesontheoldcanecouch,andturnedbacktotheteatable.Istoodbymychair,andgavehimhisowninterrogativeshakeofthehead."Thisobsessiveneedtoassumedisguises.Togiveherselffalsemotivations.Thatdidnotstrikeyou?"Ibitmylips,buthisface,ashewhiskedthemuslincoversaway,wasasstraightasapoker."Ithoughtthatwasratherrequiredofher.""Required?"Heseemedmomentarilypuzzled,thenclear."Youmeanthatschizophreniaproducesthesesymptoms?""Schizophrenia?""Didyounotmeanthat?"Hegesturedtometosit."Iamsorry.Perhapsyouarenotfamiliarwithallthispsychiatricjargon.""YesIam.But""Splitpersonality.""Iknowwhatschizophreniais.Butyousaidshedideverything…becauseyouwantedit.""Ofcourse.

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