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Chapter 50

           ItswiveleditsmassivesquareheadfromsidetosideinanarachnoidalparodyofConchis’squizzing;andonceagain,aswiththeowl,Ihadanuncannyapprehensionofarealityofwitchcraft;Conchis’shaunting,broodingomnipresence.Iflickedthespiderontothegroundandlookeduptowardsthedistantcentralridge.IwassuretherewerenobuildingsbetweenitandwhereIwas;thatleftonlyonealternative.Wheretheywaitedwassomewhereinthepineforest;andwhynot?Theymightputuptents,akindofadhoccamp,asneeded;sothatIwaslooking,thatafternoon,fornothing.IcaughtmyselfthinkingofAlison.Ialmostwishedshewasthere,besideme,forcompanionship.Totalkto,nothingmore,likeamanfriend…thoughthatwasingenuous.Mymindslidtothatemptybedintheshutteredcottageroom.IhadhardlygivenAlisonathoughtfordays.Eventshadsweptherintothepast.ButIrememberedthosemomentsonParnassus:thesoundofthewaterfall,thesunonmyback,herclosedeyes,herneckstiffenedback,herwholebodyarchedtohavemedeeperandthatdreamoftwocomplementary,compliantwomenfloatedbackthroughme.Both,both.ButIstoodupthenandscrewedmyrandinessoutwithmycigarette.Allthatwasspiltmilk.Orspiltsemen.Ispentalltherestofthatafternoonsearchingthesouthcoastoftheislandeastwardbeyondthethreecottages,thenbackpastthemandintoBouraniagain,nicelytimedforteaunderthecolonnade;butthecolonnadewasasdesertedasever.

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