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Chapter 72

           Onthetophehadscrawled:"Hopethisdustdoesnotcauseanypermanentharmtotherecipient’seyes!"Shehadturnedawayandwaslookingalongsomebookshelvesbesidethedesk,butnowshecameback,withawide-eyedlook,halfofwarning,halfofreproach,andsilentlyhandedmethebooksinexchangefortheletter.Iswallowedasarcasmandlookedatthetopbookaschooltextbook,clothboundinblue.AnIntermediateGreekAnthologyforSchools,compiledandannotatedbyWilliamHughes,M.A.(Cantab.),1932."Hedidthatashackworkforbread.Theothertwohedidforlove."OnewasalimitededitionofatranslationofLongus,dated1936."1936.StillHughes?""Anauthorcanusewhatevernamehelikes."TheotherbookwasaneditionoftranslationsfromthepoemsofPalamas,Solomos,andothermodernGreekpoets;evensomebySeferis."MauriceConchis,thefamouspoet."Ilookedsourlyup."Brilliantchoiceonmypart."Shetookthebooksandputthemonthetable."Ithoughtyoudiditveryintelligently.""EventhoughI’maveryfoolishyoungman.""Sillinessandintelligencearenotincompatible.Especiallyinyoursexandatyourage."Shewentandsatinherwingchairagain,andsmiledagainatmyunsmilingface;aninsidiouslywarm,friendlysmilefromanintelligent,balancedwoman.Buthowcouldshebebalanced?Iwenttothewindow.Sunlighttouchedmyhands.IcouldseeBenjieandtheNorwegiangirlplayingcatchdownbytheloggia.Everysooftentheircriesreachedbacktous."SupposingI’dbelievedyourstoryaboutMr.

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