Chapter 4

           TheDiverswouldreturntotheRiviera,whichwashome.TheVillaDianahadbeenrentedagainforthesummer,sotheydividedtheinterveningtimebetweenGermanspasandFrenchcathedraltownswheretheywerealwayshappyforafewdays.Dickwrotealittlewithnoparticularmethod;itwasoneofthosepartsoflifethatisanawaiting;notuponNicole’shealth,whichseemedtothriveontravel,noruponwork,butsimplyanawaiting.Thefactorthatgavepurposefulnesstotheperiodwasthechildren.

           Dick’sinterestinthemincreasedwiththeirages,nowelevenandnine.Hemanagedtoreachthemovertheheadsofemployeesontheprinciplethatboththeforcingofchildrenandthefearofforcingthemwereinadequatesubstitutesforthelong,carefulwatchfulness,thecheckingandbalancingandreckoningofaccounts,totheendthatthereshouldbenoslipbelowacertainlevelofduty.HecametoknowthemmuchbetterthanNicoledid,andinexpansivemoodsoverthewinesofseveralcountrieshetalkedandplayedwiththematlength.Theyhadthatwistfulcharm,almostsadness,peculiartochildrenwhohavelearnedearlynottocryorlaughwithabandon;theywereapparentlymovedtonoextremesofemotion,butcontentwithasimpleregimentationandthesimplepleasuresallowedthem.TheylivedontheeventenorfoundadvisableintheexperienceofoldfamiliesoftheWesternworld,broughtupratherthanbroughtout.Dickthought,forexample,thatnothingwasmoreconducivetothedevelopmentofobservationthancompulsorysilence.

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