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Chapter 55

           Shelookedatmeandgaveanopen-palmedgesture,whetherofresignationorregret,Icouldnottell.Imadeasmallsmileofappreciationatherchange.Ifeltobscurelyguilty;ahitofabullinachinashop;nopoetry,again.Conchiswatchedhergobackcomposedlytowardshercottage,thenturnedtome."BeforeJuliecomes,Ihavemuchtosay.Firstofall,IamnotdeceivingyouaboutAmerica.Imustbetherenextweek.Ihavemeetings.Bouraniwillbeshutfromtoday."Helookedathiswatch."AndIshallbefetchedatnoon.IhaveaplanetocatchinAthens.Now,money.Thereis…Patarescu.Andotherexpenses."Heproducedafatenvelopefromthebriefcase."Hereisasmallsum."Heputitonthetable."Idon’twantit.""Iinsist.Itisnothing.Tenmilliondrachmai."Ismiled;evenallowingforGreekinflation,tenmillionwaswelloverahundredpounds."Ican’ttakeit."Heheldouttheenvelopeoncemore,butIshookmyheadveryfirmly."Thereisoneotherthing,Nicholas.ForpurposesIwillnotgointonowItoldyouonlyyesterdaythatIdidnotlikeyou.Thiswasmerelytoauthenticatewhatwillnotnowtakeplacetoday.Sopermitmetosay,atthisunexpectedlastmoment,thatIhavegrowntolikeyouverymuch.Willyoubelieveme?"Isaid,"Ofcourse.""Whatevermayhappentoyouinyourlife,Ibegyounevertostopbelievingthatofme."Ibowed.Hecaughtsightofsomethingbehindme,thenglancedathiswatch;thingswerecarefullytimed."Ah.HereisJoe.Allthiswasmeantasasurprise.Whatwecalladésintoxication."ItwastheNegro.

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