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Chapter 70

           Agonizingbecauseanewfeelinghadseededandwasgrowinginsideme,afeelingIwantedtoeradicateandcouldn’t,notleastbecauseIknewtheseedofithadbeenplantedbyConchisandwasgerminatinginthisdeliberatesilenceandabsencehehadsurroundedmewith;afeelingthathauntedmeastheembryogrowsinthereluctantmother’swomb,sweepingherdayandnight,thatIdespised,disproved,dismissed,andstillitgrew,withrage,theningreenmomentsmeltingherwith…butIcouldn’tsaytheword.Andforatimeitlayburiedunderinquiries,conjectures,letters.Thenewspapercuttings.DifferenttypefromthatoftheHolbornGazette,wheretheinquestreportwouldhaveappeared;anddidnotappear.Foulkespamphlet.IsintheBritishMuseumCatalogue.Conchis’sarenot.Theatrecostumier’s.ItriedBerman’sandoneortwoothers,withouttheleastsuccess.Earthquakes.Therewereearthquakesin1884and1892intheIonianIslands.InatragicwaythatpartofConchis’sstorywasconfirmedjustbeforeIbeganmyresearch.OnAugust9,1953,450peoplediedintheIoniandisaster.Militaryhistory.LetterfromMajorArthurLee-Jones.DEARMR.URFE,I’mafraidyourletterdoesask,asyousayyourself,fortheimpossible.TheunitsengagedintheNeuveChapellesetpieceweremostlyregularones.IthinkitmostunlikelythatanyPrincessLouise’sKensingtonRegimentvolunteerswouldhaveseenthatengagement,evenunderthecircumstancesyousuggest.

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