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Chapter 71

           ""It’sjustoneofthosethings.Youmeethundredsofdeadends.Butonedayyoureallyhitawaythrough."Smiling,sheglancedtowardsthehouse."Here’sGunnel."Fortwoorthreeminuteswehadtogothroughthebusinessofgettingcoffeepoured;politeexchangesaboutNorwayGunnelhadneverbeenfurthernorththanTrondheim,Idiscovered.Benjiewasorderedtodisappear;andtheur-LilyandIwereleftaloneagain.Foreffect,Iproducedanotebook."IfIcouldjustaskyouafewquestions…""Isaygloryatlast."Shelaughedratherstupidly;horsily;shewasenjoyingherself."Ibelievedhelivednexttoyou.Hedidn’t.Wheredidhelive?""OhIhaven’tthefaintestidea.Youknow.Atthatage.""Youknewnothingabouthisparents?"Sheshookherhead."Wouldyoursistersperhapsknowmore?"Herfacegravened."MyeldestsisterlivesinChile.Shewastenyearsolderthanme.AndmysisterRose""Rose!"Shesmiled."Rose.""God,thisisextraordinary.Itclinchesit.There’sasortof…wellasortofmysterypoemthatbelongstothegroupaboutyou.It’sveryobscure,butnowweknowyouhaveasistercalledRose…""Hadasister.Rosediedjustaboutthattime.In1916.""Oftyphoid?"Isaiditsoeagerlythatshewastakenaback;thensmiled."No.Ofsometerriblyrarecomplicationfollowingjaundice."Shestaredoutoverthegardenforamoment."Itwasthegreattragedyofmychildhood.""Didyoufeelthathehadanyspecialaffectionforyouorforyoursisters?"Shesmiledagain,remembering.

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