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Chapter 78

           Thenangrilyuppastheratamoronicallycuriousfamily,scene-sniffingfacesatthetableacrossthegangway.Thendownatmybookagain.Suddenlyshestoodupandwalkedaway.Iwatchedhermovebetweenthetables.Hersmallness,thatslightlysullensmallnessandslimnessthatwasanaturalpartofhersexuality.Isawanotherman’seyesfollowheroutthroughthedoor.Iletafewstunned,tornmomentspass.ThenIwentafterher,pushingroughlypastthepeopleinmyway.Shewaswalkingslowlyacrossthegrass,towardstheeast.Icamebesideher.Shegavethebottomofmylegsthesmallestglance.Wesaidnothing.Ilookedround.Somanypeople,somanytoofartodistinguish.AndRegent’sPark.Regent’sPark.Thatothermeeting;thescentoflilac,andbottomlessdarkness."Wherearethey?"Shegavealittleshrug."I’malone.""Likehell."Wewalkedmoresilentpaces.Sheindicatedwithherheadanemptybenchbesideatree-linedpath.SheseemedasstrangetomeasifshehadcomefromTartarus;socold,socalm.Ifollowedhertotheseat.ShesatatoneendandIsathalfwayalong,turnedtowardsher,staringather.Returnedfromthedead.Yetitinfuriatedmethatshewouldnotlookatme,hadmadenottheslightestsignofapology;andnowwouldnotsayanything.Isaid,"I’mwaiting.AsI’vebeenwaitingtheselastthreeandahalfmonths."Sheuntiedherscarfandshookherhairfree.Ithadgrownlonger,andshehadawarmtan.Shelookedasshehadwhenwehadfirstmet.

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