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Chapter 9

           TherewerenownomoreplansthanifDickhadarbitrarilymadesomeindissolublemixture,withatomsjoinedandinseparable;youcouldthrowitalloutbutneveragaincouldtheyfitbackintoatomicscale.Asheheldherandtastedher,andasshecurvedinfurtherandfurthertowardhim,withherownlips,newtoherself,drownedandengulfedinlove,yetsolacedandtriumphant,hewasthankfultohaveanexistenceatall,ifonlyasareflectioninherweteyes.

           "MyGod,"hegasped,"you’refuntokiss."

           Thatwastalk,butNicolehadabetterholdonhimnowandsheheldit;sheturnedcoquetteandwalkedaway,leavinghimassuspendedasinthefunicularoftheafternoon.Shefelt:There,that’llshowhim,howconceited;howhecoulddowithme;oh,wasn’titwonderful!I’vegothim,he’smine.Nowinthesequencecameflight,butitwasallsosweetandnewthatshedawdled,wantingtodrawallofitin.

           Sheshiveredsuddenly.TwothousandfeetbelowshesawthenecklaceandbraceletoflightsthatwereMontreuxandVevey,beyondthemadimpendantofLausanne.Fromdowntheresomewhereascendedafaintsoundofdancemusic.Nicolewasupinherheadnow,coolascool,tryingtocollatethesentimentalitiesofherchildhood,asdeliberateasamangettingdrunkafterbattle.

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