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Chapter 21

           "WhatyoudoingouthereinPassy?"

           Hiscompanionlookedaroundcautiously."Movies,"hesaiddarkly."TheygotanAmericanstudiooverthere.AndtheyneedguyscanspeakEnglish.I’mwaitingforabreak."

           Dickshookhimoffquicklyandfirmly.

           IthadbecomeapparentthatRosemaryeitherhadescapedononeofhisearlycircuitsoftheblockorelsehadleftbeforehecameintotheneighborhood;hewentintothebistroonthecorner,boughtaleaddiskand,squeezedinanalcovebetweenthekitchenandthefoultoilet,hecalledtheRoiGeorge.HerecognizedCheyne-Stokestendenciesinhisrespirationbutlikeeverythingthesymptomservedonlytoturnhimintowardhisemotion.Hegavethenumberofthehotel;thenstoodholdingthephoneandstaringintothecafé;afteralongwhileastrangelittlevoicesaidhello.

           "ThisisDickIhadtocallyou."

           Apausefromherthenbravely,andinkeywithhisemotion:"I’mgladyoudid."

           "IcametomeetyouatyourstudioI’moutinPassyacrossthewayfromit.Ithoughtmaybewe’dridearoundthroughtheBois."

           "Oh,Ionlystayedthereaminute!I’msosorry."Asilence.

           "Rosemary."

           "Yes,Dick."

           "Look,I’minanextraordinaryconditionaboutyou.Whenachildcandisturbamiddle-agedgentthingsgetdifficult."

           "You’renotmiddle-aged,Dickyou’retheyoungestpersonintheworld."

           "Rosemary?"SilencewhilehestaredatashelfthatheldthehumblerpoisonsofFrancebottlesofOtard,RhumSt.

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