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Chapter 24

           ThedisentanglementwasnotevenfaintlyinsightandthedayhadpassedinanatmosphereofunfamiliarNegrofacesbobbingupinunexpectedplacesandaroundunexpectedcorners,andinsistentNegrovoicesonthephone.

           Inperson,Abehadsucceededinevadingallofthem,saveJulesPeterson.PetersonwasratherinthepositionofthefriendlyIndianwhohadhelpedawhite.TheNegroeswhosufferedfromthebetrayalwerenotsomuchafterAbeasafterPeterson,andPetersonwasverymuchafterwhatprotectionhemightgetfromAbe.

           UpinStockholmPetersonhadfailedasasmallmanufacturerofshoepolishandnowpossessedonlyhisformulaandsufficienttradetoolstofillasmallbox;however,hisnewprotectorhadpromisedintheearlyhourstosethimupinbusinessinVersailles.Abe’sformerchauffeurwasashoemakerthereandAbehadhandedPetersontwohundredfrancsonaccount.

           Rosemarylistenedwithdistastetothisrigmarole;toappreciateitsgrotesquerierequiredamorerobustsenseofhumorthanhers.Thelittlemanwithhisportablemanufactory,hisinsincereeyesthat,fromtimetotime,rolledwhitesemicirclesofpanicintoview;thefigureofAbe,hisfaceasblurredasthegauntfinelinesofitwouldpermitallthiswasasremotefromherassickness.

           "Iaskonlyachanceinlife,"saidPetersonwiththesortofpreciseyetdistortedintonationpeculiartocolonialcountries."Mymethodsaresimple,myformulaissogoodthatIwasdroveawayfromStockholm,ruined,becauseIdidnotcaretodisposeofit."

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