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Chapter 19

           Tomeetherstarry-eyedconfidencehemusteredaninsincerepantomimeimplying,"YouWOULDturnuphereofallthepeopleintheworld."

           Herglovedhandsclosedoverhisonthedesk;"Dickwe’remakingTheGrandeurthatwasRomeatleastwethinkweare;wemayquitanyday."

           Helookedatherhard,tryingtomakeheralittleself-conscious,sothatshewouldobservelesscloselyhisunshavenface,hiscrumpledandslept-incollar.Fortunately,shewasinahurry.

           "Webeginearlybecausethemistsriseatelevenphonemeattwo."

           InhisroomDickcollectedhisfaculties.Heleftacallfornoon,strippedoffhisclothesanddoveliterallyintoaheavysleep.

           Hesleptoverthephonecallbutawokeattwo,refreshed.Unpackinghisbag,hesentoutsuitsandlaundry.Heshaved,layforhalfanhourinawarmbathandhadbreakfast.ThesunhaddippedintotheViaNazionaleandheletitthroughtheportièreswithajinglingofoldbrassrings.Waitingforasuittobepressed,hediscoveredfromtheCorrieredellaSerathat"unanovelladiSinclairLewis‘WallStreet’nellaqualeautoreanalizzalavitasocialediunapiccolacittaAmericana."ThenhetriedtothinkaboutRosemary.

           Atfirsthethoughtnothing.Shewasyoungandmagnetic,butsowasTopsy.Heguessedthatshehadhadloversandhadlovedtheminthelastfouryears.Well,youneverknewexactlyhowmuchspaceyouoccupiedinpeople’slives.

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