Волхв

Chapter 69

           WithoutknowingwhyIwentintoapub,hadaScotch,andwaitedanotherquarterofanhour.AtlastIwaswalkinguptothehouse.Thestreetdoorwasonthelatch,asitalwayshadbeen.Therewasnocardagainstthethird-floorbell.Iclimbedthestairs;stoodoutsidethedoorandwaited,listened,heardnothing,thenknocked.Noanswer.Iknockedagain,andthenagain.Music,butitcamefromabove.ItriedAnnTaylor’sflatonelasttime,thenwentonupthestairs.IrememberedthateveningIhadclimbedthemwithAlison,takinghertohaveherbath.Howmanyworldshaddiedsincethen?AndyetAlisonwassomehowstillthere,soclose.Idecidedshereallywasclose;intheflatabove.Ididnotknowwhatwouldhappen.Emotionsexplodeddecisions.Ishutmyeyes,countedten,andknocked.Footsteps.Agirlofnineteenorsoopenedthedoor;spectacles,ratherfat,toomuchlipstick.Icouldseethroughanotherdoorintothesittingroombeyondher.Therewasayoungmanthereandanothergirl,arrestedintheactofdemonstratingsomedance;jazz,theroomfullofeveningsunlight;threeinterruptedfigures,stillforaninstant,likeacontemporaryVermeer.Iwasunabletohidemydisappointment.Thegirlatthedoorgaveanencouragingsmile.Ibacked."Terriblysorry.Wrongflat."Ibegantogodownthestairs.Shecalledafterme,whodidIwant,butIsaid,"It’sallright.Secondfloor."Iwasoutofsightbeforeshecouldputtwoandtwotogether;mytan,myretreat,peculiartelephonecallsfromAthens.

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