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Chapter 9

           Speershadspenttheslimleavingsofthemenwhohadwidowedheronherdaughter’seducation,andwhensheblossomedoutatsixteenwiththatextraordinaryhair,rushedhertoAix-les-BainsandmarchedherunannouncedintothesuiteofanAmericanproducerwhowasrecuperatingthere.WhentheproducerwenttoNewYorktheywenttoo.ThusRosemaryhadpassedherentranceexaminations.Withtheensuingsuccessandthepromiseofcomparativestabilitythatfollowed,Mrs.Speershadfeltfreetotacitlyimplytonight:

           "Youwerebroughtuptoworknotespeciallytomarry.Nowyou’vefoundyourfirstnuttocrackandit’sagoodnutgoaheadandputwhateverhappensdowntoexperience.Woundyourselforhimwhateverhappensitcan’tspoilyoubecauseeconomicallyyou’reaboy,notagirl."

           Rosemaryhadneverdonemuchthinking,saveabouttheillimitabilityofhermother’sperfections,sothisfinalseveranceoftheumbilicalcorddisturbedhersleep.AfalsedawnsenttheskypressingthroughthetallFrenchwindows,andgettingupshewalkedoutontheterrace,warmtoherbarefeet.Thereweresecretnoisesintheair,aninsistentbirdachievedanill-naturedtriumphwithregularityinthetreesabovethetenniscourt;footfallsfollowedarounddriveintherearofthehotel,takingtheirtoneinturnfromthedustroad,thecrushed-stonewalk,thecementsteps,andthenreversingtheprocessingoingaway.Beyondtheinkyseaandfarupthathigh,blackshadowofahilllivedtheDivers.

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