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Chapter 1

           AnAmericanshopgirl,launderingtwochangesofunderweareverynight,wouldhavenoticedahintofyesterday’sreawakenedsweataboutKaethe’sperson,lessasmellthananammoniacalreminderoftheeternityoftoilanddecay.ToFranzthiswasasnaturalasthethickdarkscentofKaethe’shair,andhewouldhavemisseditequally;buttoNicole,bornhatingthesmellofanurse’sfingersdressingher,itwasanoffenseonlytobeendured.

           "Andthechildren,"Kaethecontinued."Shedoesn’tlikethemtoplaywithourchildren"butFranzhadheardenough:

           "Holdyourtonguethatkindoftalkcanhurtmeprofessionally,sinceweowethisclinictoNicole’smoney.Letushavelunch."

           Kaetherealizedthatheroutbursthadbeenill-advised,butFranz’slastremarkremindedherthatotherAmericanshadmoney,andaweeklatersheputherdislikeofNicoleintonewwords.

           TheoccasionwasthedinnertheytenderedtheDiversuponDick’sreturn.HardlyhadtheirfootfallsceasedonthepathwhensheshutthedoorandsaidtoFranz:

           "Didyouseearoundhiseyes?He’sbeenonadebauch!"

           "Gogently,"Franzrequested."Dicktoldmeaboutthatassoonashecamehome.Hewasboxingonthetrans-Atlanticship.TheAmericanpassengersboxalotonthesetrans-Atlanticships."

           "Ibelievethat?"shescoffed."Ithurtshimtomoveoneofhisarmsandhehasanunhealedscaronhistempleyoucanseewherethehair’sbeencutaway."

           Franzhadnotnoticedthesedetails.

           "Butwhat?"Kaethedemanded.

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