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Chapter 4

           ThejourneythathadbeguninaroomovertheshopofapaperhangerinNewarkhadendedinanextraordinarymarriage.

           "ContediMinghetti"wasmerelyapapaltitlethewealthofMary’shusbandflowedfromhisbeingruler-ownerofmanganesedepositsinsouthwesternAsia.HewasnotquitelightenoughtotravelinapullmansouthofMason-Dixon;hewasoftheKyble-Berber-Sabaean-HindustrainthatbeltsacrossnorthAfricaandAsia,moresympathetictotheEuropeanthanthemongrelfacesoftheports.

           Whentheseprincelyhouseholds,oneoftheEast,oneoftheWest,facedeachotheronthestationplatform,thesplendoroftheDiversseemedpioneersimplicitybycomparison.TheirhostswereaccompaniedbyanItalianmajor-domocarryingastaff,byaquartetofturbanedretainersonmotorcycles,andbytwohalf-veiledfemaleswhostoodrespectfullyalittlebehindMaryandsalaamedatNicole,makingherjumpwiththegesture.

           ToMaryaswellastotheDiversthegreetingwasfaintlycomic;Marygaveanapologetic,belittlinggiggle;yethervoice,assheintroducedherhusbandbyhisAsiatictitle,flewproudandhigh.

           Intheirroomsastheydressedfordinner,DickandNicolegrimacedateachotherinanawedway:suchrichaswanttobethoughtdemocraticpretendinprivatetobesweptofftheirfeetbyswank.

           "LittleMaryNorthknowswhatshewants,"Dickmutteredthroughhisshavingcream."Abeeducatedher,andnowshe’smarriedtoaBuddha.IfEuropeevergoesBolshevikshe’llturnupasthebrideofStalin."

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