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Chapter 18

           Hehadpassedthegirlinthelobbybeforesupperandthistimeshehadlookedathimandapprovedofhim,butitkeptworryinghim:Why?WhenIcouldhavehadagoodshareoftheprettywomenofmytimefortheasking,whystartthatnow?Withawraith,withafragmentofmydesire?Why?

           Hisimaginationpushedaheadtheoldasceticism,theactualunfamiliarity,triumphed:God,ImightaswellgobacktotheRivieraandsleepwithJaniceCaricamentoortheWilburhazygirl.Tobelittlealltheseyearswithsomethingcheapandeasy?

           Hewasstillexcited,though,andheturnedfromtheverandaandwentuptohisroomtothink.Beingaloneinbodyandspiritbegetsloneliness,andlonelinessbegetsmoreloneliness.

           Upstairshewalkedaroundthinkingofthematterandlayingouthisclimbingclothesadvantageouslyonthefaintheater;heagainencounteredNicole’stelegram,stillunopened,withwhichdiurnallysheaccompaniedhisitinerary.Hehaddelayedopeningitbeforesupperperhapsbecauseofthegarden.ItwasacablegramfromBuffalo,forwardedthroughZurich.

           "Yourfatherdiedpeacefullytonight.HOLMES."

           Hefeltasharpwinceattheshock,agatheringoftheforcesofresistance;thenitrolledupthroughhisloinsandstomachandthroat.

           Hereadthemessageagain.

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