Chapter 20

           Inthesquare,astheycameout,asuspendedmassofgasolineexhaustcookedslowlyintheJulysun.Itwasaterriblethingunlikepureheatitheldnopromiseofruralescapebutsuggestedonlyroadschokedwiththesamefoulasthma.Duringtheirluncheon,outdoors,acrossfromtheLuxembourgGardens,Rosemaryhadcrampsandfeltfretfulandfullofimpatientlassitudeitwastheforetasteofthisthathadinspiredherself-accusationofselfishnessinthestation.

           Dickhadnosuspicionofthesharpnessofthechange;hewasprofoundlyunhappyandthesubsequentincreaseofegotismtendedmomentarilytoblindhimtowhatwasgoingonroundabouthim,anddeprivehimofthelongground-swellofimaginationthathecountedonforhisjudgments.

           AfterMaryNorthleftthem,accompaniedbytheItaliansingingteacherwhohadjoinedthemforcoffeeandwastakinghertohertrain,Rosemary,too,stoodup,boundforanengagementatherstudio:"meetsomeofficials."

           "Andoh"sheproposed"ifCollisClay,thatSouthernboyifhecomeswhileyouarestillsittinghere,justtellhimIcouldn’twait;tellhimtocallmeto-morrow."

           Tooinsouciant,inreactionfromthelatedisturbance,shehadassumedtheprivilegesofachildtheresultbeingtoremindtheDiversoftheirexclusivelovefortheirownchildren;Rosemarywassharplyrebukedinashortpassagebetweenthewomen:"You’dbetterleavethemessagewithawaiter,"Nicole’svoicewassternandunmodulated,"we’releavingimmediately."

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