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Chapter 17

           Theireyesmetandhenoddedslightly,andsimultaneouslythethreecobrawomennoticedher;theirlongnecksdartedtowardherandtheyfixedfinelycriticalglancesuponher.Shelookedbackatthemdefiantly,acknowledgingthatshehadheardwhattheysaid.Thenshethrewoffherexigentvis-à-viswithapolitebutclippedpartingthatshehadjustlearnedfromDick,andwentovertojoinhim.ThehostessshewasanothertallrichAmericangirl,promenadinginsouciantlyuponthenationalprosperitywasaskingDickinnumerablequestionsaboutGausse’sHôtel,whithersheevidentlywantedtocome,andbatteringpersistentlyagainsthisreluctance.Rosemary’spresenceremindedherthatshehadbeenrecalcitrantasahostessandglancingaboutshesaid:"Haveyoumetanyoneamusing,haveyoumetMr."HereyesgropedforamalewhomightinterestRosemary,butDicksaidtheymustgo.Theyleftimmediately,movingoverthebriefthresholdofthefuturetothesuddenpastofthestonefaçadewithout.

           "Wasn’titterrible?"hesaid.

           "Terrible,"sheechoedobediently.

           "Rosemary?"

           Shemurmured,"What?"inanawedvoice.

           "Ifeelterriblyaboutthis."

           Shewasshakenwithaudiblypainfulsobs."Haveyougotahandkerchief?"shefaltered.Buttherewaslittletimetocry,andloversnowtheyfellravenouslyonthequicksecondswhileoutsidethetaxiwindowsthegreenandcreamtwilightfaded,andthefire-red,gas-blue,ghost-greensignsbegantoshinesmokilythroughthetranquilrain.

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