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Chapter 69

           HehadnoideawhetherAlisonhadbeenlivingthereornot.Helookedatacopyofthenewlease.Theassignee’saddresswasthesameastheassigner’s."Musthavebeensharing,"saidtheclerk.Andthatwasthat.AndwhatdidIcare?WhyshouldIgoonsearchingforher?ButIwaitedinalltheeveningaftermyvisittotheestateagent,hopingforanothermessage.ThenextdayImovedtotheRussellHotel,sothatIhadonlytostrolloutoftheentranceandlookacrossthesquaretoseethehouse,towaitforthewindowsonthatblackthirdfloortolight.Fourdayspassed,andnolights;noletters,nophonecalls,notthesmallestsign.Igrewimpatientandfrustrated,hamstrungbythisinexplicablelapseintheaction.Ithoughtperhapsthattheyhadlostme,theydidnotknowwhereIwas,andthatworriedme;thenitangeredmethatIwasworried.TheneedtoseeAlisondrownedeverythingelse.Toseeher.Totwistthesecretoutofher;andotherthingsIcouldnotname.Aweekpassed,aweekwastedincinemas,theatres,inlyingonmyhotelbedandstaringatthewall,waitingforthatimplacablysilenttelephonebesidemetoring.InearlysentacabletoBouraniwithmyaddress;butpridestoppedthat.AtlastIgavein.IcouldstandthehotelandRussellSquare,thateternallyemptyflat,nolonger.Isawaplaceadvertisedonatobacconist’sboard.Itwasascruffyattic"flat"overtwofloorsofsewingroomsatthenorthendofCharlotteStreet,ontheothersideoftheTottenhamCourtRoad.

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