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Chapter 56

           "Thatwasourroom,totheright.Joeusedthisone.""Whatagod-awfulplace.Itsmells.""Iknow.Weusedtocallittheearth.Haveyoueversmeltafoxearth?""What’sbehindthedoors?""Justcostumes.Beds.Moremurals."Isawthewirerunninginoverthetopleft-handdoor."Andafieldtelephone.Wherediditgo?""Tohisbedroom.""Aretheremoreplaceslikethis?""Twomore.Justtohidein.""Thatdayonthebeach."Shenodded,smiledinthefeeblelightfromthepipetothesurface."You’reabravegirl.Tofacethissortofthing.""Ihatedit."Shelookedround."Somanysour,unhappymen."Ifollowedherbacktothefootofladder.Iwasthinkingofaplaceunderthebluffonthecentralridge,alittlecornershadedbypinetrees,absolutelyprivate,thicklycarpetedwithpineneedles;totakeherthere,andtakeher,withagentleroughness,aromanticbrutality;as,andIdidnotshirktheparallel,IhadtakenAlisononParnassus;andbecauseIhadtakenher;thesadsweetpoetryofechoes.Juliebegantoclimbtheladder;slimbluelegs.Thewhitedaylightdazzleddown.Iwaitedamomentatthebottom,tokeepclearofherfeet,thanstartedafterher.Thetopofherbodydisappeared.Andthenshescreamedmyname.Someonehadcaughtherarmsandwasdraggingheraway.Herlegskickedwildlysideways,thenvanished.Mynameagain,butcutoffshort.Ascuffleofstones.Iclawedviolentlyuptheremainingrungs.Foronefractionofasecondafaceappearedintheopeningabove.Young,withcrewcutblondhair.

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