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Chapter 10

           ItlookedasifyearsagoithadbeentakenfromsomeFrenchrailwaystation;someancientstudentjoke.Enamelhadcomeoffandcancerouspatchesofrustymetalshowedthrough.Atoneendwerewhatlookedlikeseveraloldbulletholes.ItwasMitford’swarning:Bewareofthewaitingroom.Istoodonthegrassytrack,intwomindswhethertogoontothehouse,caughtbetweencuriosityandfearofbeingsnubbed.Iguessedimmediatelythatthiswasthevillaofthecollaborationisthehadquarreledwith;butIhadpicturedashifty,rat-facedGreekLavalratherthansomeoneculturedenoughtoread,orhaveguestswhocouldread,EliotandAudenintheoriginal.IstoodsolongthatIbecameimpatientwithmyindecision,andforcedmyselftoturnaway.Iwentbackthroughthegapandfollowedthetrackuptowardsthecentralridge.Itsoonpeteredoutintoagoatpath,butonethathadbeenrecentlyused,becausetherewereoverturnedstonesthatshowedearth-redamongthesun-bleachedgrays.WhenIreachedthecentralridge,Ilookedback.Fromthatparticularpointthehousewasinvisible,butIknewwhereitlay.Theseaandthemountainsfloatedinthesteadyeveningsunshine.Itwasallpeace,elementsandvoid,goldenairandmutebluedistances,likeaClaude;andasIwounddownthesteepschoolwardpaths,thenorthernsideoftheislandseemedoppressedandbanalincomparison.

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