Chapter 21

           Afterthree-quartersofanhourofstandingaround,hebecamesuddenlyinvolvedinahumancontact.Itwasjustthesortofthingthatwaslikelytohappentohimwhenhewasinthemoodofnotwantingtoseeanyone.Sorigidlydidhesometimesguardhisexposedself-consciousnessthatfrequentlyhedefeatedhisownpurposes;asanactorwhounderplaysapartsetsupacraningforward,astimulatedemotionalattentioninanaudience,andseemstocreateinothersanabilitytobridgethegaphehasleftopen.Similarlyweareseldomsorryforthosewhoneedandcraveourpitywereservethisforthosewho,byothermeans,makeusexercisetheabstractfunctionofpity.

           SoDickmight,himself,haveanalyzedtheincidentthatensued.AshepacedtheRuedesSaintes-Angeshewasspokentobyathin-facedAmerican,perhapsthirty,withanairofbeingscarredandaslightbutsinistersmile.AsDickgavehimthelightherequested,heplacedhimasoneofatypeofwhichhehadbeenconscioussinceearlyyouthatypethatloafedabouttobaccostoreswithoneelbowonthecounterandwatched,throughheavenknewwhatsmallchinkofthemind,thepeoplewhocameinandout.Intimatetogarages,wherehehadvaguebusinessconductedinundertones,tobarbershops,tothelobbiesoftheatresinsuchplaces,atanyrate,Dickplacedhim.SometimesthefacebobbedupinoneofTad’smoresavagecartoonsinboyhoodDickhadoftenthrownanuneasyglanceatthedimborderlandofcrimeonwhichhestood.

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