Волхв

Chapter 78

           Andthattooshouldhavewarnedme;hermanesalldrankcoffee.Sowewenttotheteapavilion,stoodinaqueue,thenfoundhalfatable.Kempleftmetogototheladies’.IpulledoutapaperbackIhadinmypocket.Thecoupleontheothersideofthetablemovedaway.Thenoise,themess,thecheapfood,thequeuetothecounter.IguessedKempwashavingtoqueuealso.AndIbecamelostinthebook.Then.Intheouterseatopposite,diagonallyfromme.Soquietly,sosimply.Shewaslookingdown,thenup,straightatme.Ijerkedround,searchingforKemp.ButIknewwhereKempwas;shewaswalkinghome.AllthetimeIhadexpectedsomespectacularreentry,somemysteriouscall,ametaphorical,perhapsevenliteral,descentintoamodemTartarus.Notthis.Andyet,asIstaredather,unabletospeak,athersteadybrightlook,thesmallestsmile,Iunderstoodthatthiswastheonlypossiblewayofreturn;herrisingintothismostbanalofscenes,thismostbanalofLondon,thisrealityasplainanddullaswheat.SinceshewascastasReality,shehadcomeinherown;andsoshecame,yetinsomewayheightened,stranger,stillwiththeauraofanotherworld.From,yetnotof,thecrowdbehindher.Adarkbrowntweedsuit.Adarkgreenscarftiedpeasant-fashionroundherhead.Shesatwithherhandsinherlap,waitingformetospeak,thosecleareyesonmine.Anditwasimpossible.Nowitwashere,Icouldn’tchange.Icouldn’tlookather.Ilookeddcwnatthebook,asifIwantednomoretodowithher.

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