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Chapter 11

           AsIsorteduninterestedlythroughtheboxIdroppedoneofthepagesofdriedflowers,towhichwasattachedasheetofpaperwithadditionalnotes.Thissheetslippedfromtheclipthatwasholdingit.Onthebackwasthebeginningofaletter,whichhadbeencrossedout,butwasstilllegible.ItwasdatedJune6,1951,twoyearsbefore.DearMr.Conchis,Iammuchafraidthatsincetheextraordinary…andthenitstopped.Ididn’tsayanythingtoKarazoglou,whohadnoticednothing;butIthenandtheredecidedtovisitMr.Conchis.IcannotsaywhyIbecamesosuddenlysocuriousabouthim.Partlyitwasforlackofanythingelsetobecuriousabout,theusualislandobsessionwithtrivialities;partlyitwasthatonecrypticphrasefromMitfordandthediscoveryaboutLeverrier;partly,perhapsmostly,apeculiarfeelingthatIhadasortofrighttovisit.Mytwopredecessorshadbothmetthisunmeetableman,andnotwantedtotalkaboutit;insomewayIfeltIhadaturncoming,too.Ididoneotherthingthatweek.IwrotealettertoAlison.IsentitinsideanenvelopeaddressedtoAnnintheflatbelowinRussellSquare,askinghertopostitontowhereverAlisonwasliving.Isaidalmostnothingintheletter;onlythatI’dthoughtaboutheronceortwice,thatIhaddiscoveredwhatthe"waitingroom"meant;andthatshewastowritebackonlyifshereallywantedto,I’dquiteunderstandifshedidn’t.Iknewthatontheislandonewasdrivenbackintothepast

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