Chapter 55

           Teno’clock.Abrightwind,aDufyday.Iwoke,jumpedoutofbed,shavedwithextracare,andwentdowntothecolonnade.IcaughtMariasittingatthetable,asifwaitingforme.WhenIappearedshestoodupandbobbedandstartedtogo."Mr.Conchis?""Kaneibanjo.Thaelthi."He’shavingaswim.He’scoming.BythewallIsawfourwoodencrates;itwasobviousthatthreeofthemhadpaintingsinside.Ilookedintothemusicroom.TheModiglianihadgone;sohadthelittleRodinandtheGiacornetti;andIguessed,withatingeofsadness,thattheBonnardshadalsocomedown.Thedecorwasbeingdismantled.InaminuteortwoMariareappearedwithcoffeeforme.IwasdrinkingthefirstcupwhenConchisappearedinhisswimmingtrunksandwater-polocap.Hestoodbyme,hairsonthedarkbrownskinstillcurlicuedwetfromthewater.Isawhisscarsagain;whitepuckersofflesh.Hesmiled.Themaskwasbackinplace."Youhavesleptwell?""Thankyou.""Iwillputonmyclothes.ThenIwilljoinyouforcoffee."Hedidnotreturnforsometwentyminutes.Andwhenhedid,itwasinclothesthatweresomehowasincongruousasifhehadbeenwearingfancydress.Helookedexactlylikeaslightlyintellectualbusinessman;ablackleatherbriefcase;adarkbluesummersuit,acreamshirt,adiscreetlypolka-dottedbowtie.ItwasperfectforAthens;butridiculousonPhraxos.HelookedatawristwatchIhadneverseenhimwearonebeforeandsatdown.Smiledatme;anddeliveredthelinelikeagrenade."Wehaveonelasthourtogether.

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