Chapter 59

           Thehandscaressedmycheeksagain;thenmyears;playfullypulledthem,asJunemighthavepulledthem.Ithoughtofvariouscleverthingstosay;ofpretendingthatIdidnotknow.ButintheendIjustsaid,"Julie."Thehandsstopped;therewasalittlesilence."Shesaidyou’dguessed."Iturnedandshewassmilingatme;theLeonardosmile;dressedexactlyasJunehadbeen,herhairdown.Iputaquietoffenceintomyvoice."Why?""Justalittlelastsurprise.""Oratest?"Shebowedherheadinanotaltogethermockshame;andthenIkissedher.Alongminute,therecedingthunder,themildrain;silenceandherwarmmouth,thefeelofherbodythroughthethincotton.Ihadandheldher.Therewasadiscreetknock."It’sJune."Shewenttothedoor,switchingonthelight.JunestoodthereholdingatraywithabottleofGreekcognaconitandthreeglasses.Shehadputonanotheridenticalblackshirtandblueskirthersister’s.Juliesaidreproachfully,"Heknewatonce."Junepulledafaceatmeasshecamein,asifIwastoblame."Youcouldhavepretended,Nicholas.Ithinkyou’reacad.""I’mpastpretending.AndcouldIbetoldwhat’shappened?"ButJuliecameandtookmyarm."Itwasashame.Itwasheridea."Junepouredmeafullglassofkoniak;fingersforherselfandhersister.Shehandedmemine,thensatonthebed,whereJuliejoinedher."Weren’tthosemenfantastic?"SheturnedtoJulie."ItoldhimIwasbeingfollowed.Andsuddenlythreesinistermenappeared.""Theyweren’tsinister.Theywerejustoutfortheair.

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