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Chapter 67

           ThatwaswhyLily’scharacterandrolehadchangedandwhyshehadtoenterandsorapidlythepresent.Firstshehadbeenacting"against"Rose;then"against"Alison.Thesedan-coffin.Ithadnotbeenempty.Themercilessnessofit;theendlessexposure.Thetrial:my"preyingonyoungwomen";Alisonmusthavetoldthemthat.Andthesuicide"hystericalsuicide";shewouldhavetoldthemthataswell.Alltheirknowledgeofmypast.Iwasmadwithanger.IthoughtofthatgenuineandatrociouswaveofsadnessIhadfeltwhenthenewsaboutAlisoncame.AllthetimeshewouldhavebeeninAthens;perhapsinthehouseinthevillage,oroveratBourani.Watchingme,even.PlayinganinvisibleMariatoLily’sOliviaandmyMalvolioalwaystheseechoesofShakespeareansituations.Iwalkedupanddownmyroom,imaginingsceneswhereIhadAlisonatmymercy.Beatingherblackandblue,makingherweepwithremorse.Andthenagain,itallwentbacktoConchis,tothemysteryofhispower,hisabilitytomouldandwieldgirlsasintelligentasLily;asindependentasAlison.Asifhehadsomesecretthatherevealedtothem,thatputthemunderhisorders;andonceagainIwasthemaninthedark,theexcluded,theeternalbutt.Malvolio.NotaHamletmourningOphelia.ButMalvolio.Icouldn’tsleep.Ihadtodosomething.IwentdowntothehallandtelephonedEllenikonagain.Iknewtherewerestagingflightsthroughatallhours,andtheremightbesomeoneonthedesk.Iwaslucky:therewas.

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