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Chapter 19

           Yetfromthisfoghisaffectionemergedthebestcontactsarewhenoneknowstheobstaclesandstillwantstopreservearelation.Thepastdriftedbackandhewantedtoholdhereloquentgiving-of-herselfinitspreciousshell,tillheenclosedit,tillitnolongerexistedoutsidehim.Hetriedtocollectallthatmightattractheritwaslessthanithadbeenfouryearsago.Eighteenmightlookatthirty-fourthrougharisingmistofadolescence;buttwenty-twowouldseethirty-eightwithdiscerningclarity.Moreover,Dickhadbeenatanemotionalpeakatthetimeofthepreviousencounter;sincethentherehadbeenalesionofenthusiasm.

           Whenthevaletreturnedheputonawhiteshirtandcollarandablacktiewithapearl;thecordsofhisreading-glassespassedthroughanotherpearlofthesamesizethatswungacasualinchbelow.Aftersleep,hisfacehadresumedtheruddybrownofmanyRivierasummers,andtolimberhimselfuphestoodonhishandsonachairuntilhisfountainpenandcoinsfellout.AtthreehecalledRosemaryandwasbiddentocomeup.Momentarilydizzyfromhisacrobatics,hestoppedinthebarforagin-and-tonic.

           "Hi,DoctorDiver!"

           OnlybecauseofRosemary’spresenceinthehoteldidDickplacethemanimmediatelyasCollisClay.Hehadhisoldconfidenceandanairofprosperityandbigsuddenjowls.

           "DoyouknowRosemary’shere?"Collisasked.

           "Iranintoher."

           "IwasinFlorenceandIheardshewasheresoIcamedownlastweek.You’dneverknowMama’slittlegirl."

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