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Chapter 76

           "ThenoneOctobereveningIknewIwouldn’tsleepandIofferedtodriveheranywhereshewantedwithinanight’srange.Shethoughtamomentandsaid,goodnessknowswhy,Stonehenge.SowedrovedowntoStonehengeandwalkedaroundtheloomingmenhirsatthreeo’clockwithacoldwindblowingandthesoundofpeewitsinthemoon-drenchedwrackaboveourheads.Laterwesatinthecarandatechocolate.Icouldjustseeherface;thedarksmudgesofhereyesandtheinnocentpuppy-grin."Whyyougrinning,Jojo?""’CauseI’mhappy.""Aren’tyoutired?""No."Ileantforwardandkissedthesideofherhead.ItwasthefirsttimeI’deverkissedher,andIstartedtheengineimmediately.Afterawhileshewenttosleepandslowlyslumpedagainstmyshoulder.Whenshesleptshelookedveryyoung,fifteenorsixteen.Igotoccasionalwhiffsofherhair,whichshehardlyeverwashed.IfeltforheralmostexactlywhatIfeltforKemp;greataffection,andnottheleastdesire.Onenightsoonafterthatwewenttothecinema.Kemp,whothoughtIwasmadtobesleepingwithsuchanuglylayaboutIdidn’tattempttoexplainthetruesituationbutwasgladIwasshowingatleastonesignofnormality,camewithus,andafterwardsweallwentbacktoher"studio"andsatboozingcocoaandtheremainsofabottleofrum.AboutoneKempkickedusout;shewantedtogotosleep,asindeedIdidmyself.IwentwithJojoandstoodbythefrontdoor.Itwasthefirstreallycoldnightoftheautumn,andraininghardintothebargain.Westoodatthedoorandlookedout.

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