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Chapter 62

           Icouldjustseetheimperceptibleswellofherbreathing…orcouldI?ForafewmomentsitwasneitherLilynorRose.Iwaslookingatamagnificentlylifelikewaxeffigy.Butthenshemoved.Herheadturnedinprofileandherrightarmreachedoutgracefullyandinvitingly,intheclassicalgestureofRécamier,towhoeverhadswitchedonthelightanddrawnopenthecurtain.Anewfigureappeared.ItwasJoe.Hewasinatunicofindeterminateperiod,asemi-toga,purewhite,linedheavilywithgold.Hewentandstoodbehindthecouch.Rome?Anempressandherslave?Hestaredatme,ortowardsme,foramoment,andIknewhecouldnotbemeanttobeaslave.Hewastoomajestic,toodarklynoble.Hepossessedtheroom,thestage,thewoman.Helookeddownatherandshelookedup,agraveaffection;theswanneck.Hetookheroutstretchedhand.SuddenlyIunderstoodwhotheywere;andwhoIwas;howprepared,thismoment.Itoohadanewrole.Itriedthendesperatelytogetridofthegag,bybiting,byyawning,byrubbingmyheadagainstmyarms.Butitwastootight.TheNegrokneltbesideher,kissedhershoulder.Aslimwhitearmframedandimprisonedhisdarkhead.Alongmoment.Thenshesankback.Hesurveyedher,slowlyranahanddownfromhernecktoherwaist.Asifsheweresilk.Asslowasaconnoisseur,sureofthewhitesurrender.Thenhecalmlystoodupandunbroochedhistogaattheshoulder.Ishutmyeyes.Nothingistrue;everythingispermitted.Conchis:Hispartisnotendedyet.Iopenedmyeyesagain.

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