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Chapter 16

           Englandwaslikearichmanafteradisastrousorgywhomakesuptothehouseholdbychattingwiththemindividually,whenitisobvioustothemthatheisonlytryingtogetbackhisself-respectinordertousurphisformerpower.

           Dickhadwithhimwhatmagazineswereavailableonthestationquays:TheCentury,TheMotionPicture,L’lllustration,andtheFliegendeBlätter,butitwasmorefuntodescendinhisimaginationintothevillagesandshakehandswiththeruralcharacters.Hesatinthechurchesashesatinhisfather’schurchinBuffalo,amidthestarchymustofSundayclothes.HelistenedtothewisdomoftheNearEast,wasCrucified,Died,andwasBuriedinthecheerfulchurch,andoncemoreworriedbetweenfiveortencentsforthecollectionplate,becauseofthegirlwhosatinthepewbehind.

           TheEnglishmansuddenlyborrowedhismagazineswithalittlesmallchangeofconversation,andDick,gladtoseethemgo,thoughtofthevoyageaheadofhim.Wolf-likeunderhissheep’sclothingoflong-stapleAustralianwool,heconsideredtheworldofpleasuretheincorruptibleMediterraneanwithsweetolddirtcakedintheolivetrees,thepeasantgirlnearSavonawithafaceasgreenandroseasthecolorofanilluminatedmissal.Hewouldtakeherinhishandsandsnatchheracrosstheborder...

           ...buttherehedesertedherhemustpressontowardtheIslesofGreece,thecloudywatersofunfamiliarports,thelostgirlonshore,themoonofpopularsongs.ApartofDick’smindwasmadeupofthetawdrysouvenirsofhisboyhood

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