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Chapter 10

           Somethinggleamedbehindthefirstrock.Itwasabluerubberfoot-fin.Justbeyondit,partiallyinthethinclearshadowofanotherrock,wastheotherfin,andatowel.Ilookedroundagain.Imovedthetowelwithmyfoot.Abookhadbeenleftbeneath.Irecognizeditatoncebythecoverdesign:oneofthecommonestpaperbackanthologiesofmodernEnglishverse,whichIhadmyselfinmyroombackattheschool.ItwassounexpectedthatIremainedstaringstupidlydownwiththeideathatitwasinfactmyowncopy,stolen.Ipickedituptosee.Itwasnotmine.Theownerhadnotwrittenhisorhernameinside,buttherewereseverallittleslipsofplainwhitepaper,neatlycut.ThefirstoneIturnedtomarkedapagewherefourlineshadbeenunderscoredinredink;from"LittleGidding."WeshallnotceasefromexplorationAndtheendofallourexploringWillbetoarrivewherewestartedAndknowtheplaceforthefirsttime.Thelastthreelineshadanadditionalmarkverticallybesidethem.IlookeduptothedensebankoftreesagainbeforeIturnedtothenextlittleslipofpaper.That,andalltheotherslips,wereatpageswheretherewereimagesorreferencesconcerningislandsorthesea.Theremusthavebeenaboutadozenofthem.Later,thatnight,Irediscoveredafewpassagesinmyowncopy.Eachinhislittlebedconceivedofislands...Wherelovewasinnocent,beingfarfromcities.ThosetwolinesfromAudenhadbeenmarked,andthetwointerveningonesnot.TherewereseveralfromEzraPound.Come,orthestellartidewillslipaway.

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