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Chapter 76

           Mybehaviorbecameincreasinglyclownish;andIgrewangrierandangrierwiththecircumstancesthatmadeitso.ThenJojocame.ItwasduringthelastweekofSeptember,afortnightaftermylastmeetingwithLilydeSeitas.Boredtodeathwithmyself,IwentlateoneafternoontoseeanoldRenéClair.Isatwithoutthinkingnexttoahumped-upshapeandwatchedthefilmtheimmortalItalianStrawHat.ByvarioushoarsesnufflingnoisesIdeducedthattheBeckett-likethingnexttomewasfemale.Afterhalfanhoursheturnedtomeforalight.Isawaround-cheekedface,nomakeup,afringeofbrownhairpigtailedattheback,thickeyebrows,verydirtyfingernailsholdingafagend.Whenthelightswentonandwewaitedforthenextfeatureshetried,withareallypitiableamateurishness,topickmeup.Shewasdressedinjeans,agrubbygraypolo-neckedsweater,averyancientman’sdufflecoat;butshehadthreequeerasexualcharmsaface-splittinggrin,ahoarseScotsaccentandanairofsuchsolitarysloppinessthatIsawinheratoncebothakindredspiritandsomeoneworthyofamodernMayhew.Somehowthegrindidn’tseemquitereal,buttheresultofpullingstrings.Shesatpuppy-slumpedlikeadejectedfatboy,andtriedveryunsuccessfullytodigoutofmewhatIdid,whereIlived;andthen,perhapsbecauseofthefroglikegrin,perhapsbecauseitwasalapsesopatentlyunlikelytoleadtodanger,sopatentlynotatest,Iaskedherifshewantedacoffee.Sowewenttoacoffeebar.Iwashungry,IsaidIwasgoingtohavesomespaghetti.

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