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Chapter 70

           ThefirstbookofreproductionsofhisworkIopenedhadthepictureofthegirldryingbythewindow.Iturnedtotheattributionslistattheback.ItwasintheLosAngelesCountyMuseum.Thebookhadbeenprintedm1950.LaterI"found"theotherBonnard;attheBostonMuseumofFineArts.Bothhadbeencopies.TheModiglianiInevertraced;butIsuspect,rememberingthosecuriouslyConchis-likeeyes,thatitwasnotevenacopy.EveningStandardofJanuary8,1952.NosignofaphotoofLilyandRose,inanyedition.L’Astrée.DidConchisrememberthatIbelievedmyselfremotelyconnectedwithd’Urfé?ThestoryofL’Astréeis:TheshepherdessAstrée,hearingevilreportsoftheshepherdCeladon,banisheshimfromherpresence.Awarbreaksout,andAstréeistakenprisoner.Celadonmanagestorescueher,butshewillnotforgivehim.Hedoesnotgainherhanduntilhehasturnedthelionandunicornswhodevourunfaithfulloversintostatuesofstone.Chaliapin.WasatCoventGardeninJune,1914,andinPrinceIgor."Youmaybeelect."Whenhesaidthat,atourfirststrangemeeting,hemeantsimply,"I’vedecidedtouseyou."Thatwasalsotheonlysenseinwhich,attheend,Icouldbeelect.Hemeant,"Wehaveusedyou."LilyandRose.Twotwinsisters,bothverypretty,gifted(thoughIcametodoubtLily’sclassicaleducation),must,iftheyhadbeenupatOxfordorCambridge,havebeenthedoubleZuleikaDobsonsoftheiryears.

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