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Chapter 19

           NexteveninginNaplesDickpickedupalostandmiserablefamilyoftwogirlsandtheirmotherinthebusfromthehoteltothestation.Hehadseenthemontheship.Anoverwhelmingdesiretohelp,ortobeadmired,cameoverhim:heshowedthemfragmentsofgaiety;tentativelyheboughtthemwine,withpleasuresawthembegintoregaintheirproperegotism.Hepretendedtheywerethisandthat,andfallinginwithhisownplot,anddrinkingtoomuchtosustaintheillusion,andallthistimethewomen,thoughtonlythatthiswasawindfallfromheaven.HewithdrewfromthemasthenightwanedandthetrainrockedandsnortedatCassinoandFrosinone.AfterweirdAmericanpartingsinthestationatRome,DickwenttotheHotelQuirinal,somewhatexhausted.

           Atthedeskhesuddenlystaredanduppedhishead.Asifadrinkwereactingonhim,warmingtheliningofhisstomach,throwingaflushupintohisbrain,hesawthepersonhehadcometosee,thepersonforwhomhehadmadetheMediterraneancrossing.

           SimultaneouslyRosemarysawhim,acknowledginghimbeforeplacinghim;shelookedbackstartled,and,leavingthegirlshewaswith,shehurriedover.Holdinghimselferect,holdinghisbreath,Dickturnedtoher.Asshecameacrossthelobby,herbeautyallgroomed,likeayounghorsedosedwithBlack-seedoil,andhoopsvarnished,shockedhimawake;butitallcametooquickforhimtodoanythingexceptconcealhisfatigueasbesthecould.

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