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Chapter 19

           Allofthemwereconsciousofthesolemndignitythatflowedfromhim,ofhisachievement,fragmentary,suggestiveandsurpassed.Buttheywerefrightenedathissurvivantwill,onceawilltolive,nowbecomeawilltodie.

           DickDivercameandbroughtwithhimafineglowingsurfaceonwhichthethreewomenspranglikemonkeyswithcriesofrelief,perchingonhisshoulders,onthebeautifulcrownofhishatorthegoldheadofhiscane.Now,foramoment,theycoulddisregardthespectacleofAbe’sgiganticobscenity.Dicksawthesituationquicklyandgraspeditquietly.Hepulledthemoutofthemselvesintothestation,makingplainitswonders.Nearby,someAmericansweresayinggood-byinvoicesthatmimickedthecadenceofwaterrunningintoalargeoldbathtub.Standinginthestation,withParisinbackofthem,itseemedasiftheywerevicariouslyleaningalittleovertheocean,alreadyundergoingasea-change,ashiftingaboutofatomstoformtheessentialmoleculeofanewpeople.

           Sothewell-to-doAmericanspouredthroughthestationontotheplatformswithfranknewfaces,intelligent,considerate,thoughtless,thought-for.AnoccasionalEnglishfaceamongthemseemedsharpandemergent.WhentherewereenoughAmericansontheplatformthefirstimpressionoftheirimmaculacyandtheirmoneybegantofadeintoavagueracialduskthathinderedandblindedboththemandtheirobservers.

           NicoleseizedDick’sarmcrying,"Look!"Dickturnedintimetoseewhattookplaceinhalfaminute.

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