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Chapter 4

           "TherewasMr.S.Flesh,"saidDiver,gettingupalso.Hetookhisrakeandbegantoworkseriouslyatgettingsmallstonesoutofthesand.

           "Oh,yesS.Fleshdoesn’thegiveyouthecreeps?"

           ItwasquietalonewithNicoleRosemaryfounditevenquieterthanwithhermother.AbeNorthandBarban,theFrenchman,weretalkingaboutMorocco,andNicolehavingcopiedherrecipepickedupapieceofsewing.Rosemaryexaminedtheirappurtenancesfourlargeparasolsthatmadeacanopyofshade,aportablebathhousefordressing,apneumaticrubberhorse,newthingsthatRosemaryhadneverseen,fromthefirstburstofluxurymanufacturingaftertheWar,andprobablyinthehandsofthefirstofpurchasers.Shehadgatheredthattheywerefashionablepeople,butthoughhermotherhadbroughtheruptobewaresuchpeopleasdrones,shedidnotfeelthatwayhere.Evenintheirabsoluteimmobility,completeasthatofthemorning,shefeltapurpose,aworkingoversomething,adirection,anactofcreationdifferentfromanyshehadknown.Herimmaturemindmadenospeculationsuponthenatureoftheirrelationtoeachother,shewasonlyconcernedwiththeirattitudetowardherselfbutsheperceivedthewebofsomepleasantinterrelation,whichsheexpressedwiththethoughtthattheyseemedtohaveaverygoodtime.

           Shelookedinturnatthethreemen,temporarilyexpropriatingthem.Allthreewerepersonableindifferentways;allwereofaspecialgentlenessthatshefeltwaspartoftheirlives,pastandfuture,notcircumstancedbyevents,notatalllikethecompanymannersofactors,andshedetectedalsoafar-reachingdelicacythatwasdifferentfromtheroughandreadygoodfellowshipofdirectors,whorepresentedtheintellectualsinherlife.Actorsanddirectorsthoseweretheonlymenshehadeverknown,thoseandtheheterogeneous,indistinguishablemassofcollegeboys,interestedonlyinloveatfirstsight,whomshehadmetattheYalepromlastfall.

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