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Chapter 78

           Therewereotherseatsafewyardsaway.Othersittersandwatchers.Suddenlythewholepeopledparkseemedastage,thewholelandscapealandscapeofmasquers,spies.Ilitoneofmyowncigarettes;willedhertolookatme,butshewouldn’t.Shewasstillpunishingme;notnowwithabsence,butwithsilence.Ihadimaginedthisscenesooften;anditwasalwaysinessenceamelting,arunningintoeachother’sarms."Alison."Shelookedatmebriefly,butthendownagain.Shesat,holdingthecigarette.Asifnothingwouldmakeherspeak.Aplaneleaflollopeddown,touchedherskirt.Shebentandpickeditup,smootheditsyellowteethagainstthetweed.AnIndiancameandsatonthefarendofthebench.Athreadbareblackovercoat,awhitescarf;athinface.Helookedsmallandunhappy,timidlyalien;awaiterperhaps,theslaveofsomecheapcurryhousekitchen.Imovedalittleclosertoher,loweredmyvoice,andforcedittosoundascoldashers."WhataboutKemp?""Wewenttoseeher.""We?""Yes.We.""Haveyouseenthem?Allofthem?""Nicko,pleasedon’tinterrogateme.Pleasedon’t."Myname;atinyshift.Butshewasstillsethardandsilent."Aretheywatching?Aretheyheresomewhere?"Animpatientsigh."Arethey?""No."Butatonceshequalifiedit."Idon’tknow."Isaid,"Lookatme.Lookatme."Andshecouldn’tdoit.Facetofaceshecouldnotlietome.Shelookedawayandsaid,"Itwastheonelastthing.Onelasttime.It’snothing."Therewasalongpause.Isaid,"Youcan’tlietome.Facetoface.

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