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Chapter 12

           Oncehisarmsswungsuddenlybackwardlikeajumper’sandDicksaid,"Ah!"supposinghehadlostcontrol,butthegeneralrecoveredandtheybreathedagaintheagonywasnearlyover,thegarçonwaspullingouthischair...

           Withatouchoffurytheconquerorshotuphishandandscratchedhisgrayimmaculatehead.

           "Yousee,"saidDicksmugly,"I’mtheonlyone."

           RosemarywasquitesureofitandDick,realizingthatheneverhadabetteraudience,madethegroupintosobrightaunitthatRosemaryfeltanimpatientdisregardforallwhowerenotattheirtable.TheyhadbeentwodaysinParisbutactuallytheywerestillunderthebeachumbrella.When,asattheballoftheCorpsdesPagesthenightbefore,thesurroundingsseemedformidabletoRosemary,whohadyettoattendaMayfairpartyinHollywood,Dickwouldbringthescenewithinrangebygreetingafewpeople,asortofselectiontheDiversseemedtohavealargeacquaintance,butitwasalwaysasifthepersonhadnotseenthemforalong,longtime,andwasutterlybowledover,"Why,wheredoyouKEEPyourselves?"andthenre-createtheunityofhisownpartybydestroyingtheoutsiderssoftlybutpermanentlywithanironiccoupdegrâce.PresentlyRosemaryseemedtohaveknownthosepeopleherselfinsomedeplorablepast,andthengotontothem,rejectedthem,discardedthem.

           TheirownpartywasoverwhelminglyAmericanandsometimesscarcelyAmericanatall.Itwasthemselveshegavebacktothem,blurredbythecompromisesofhowmanyyears.

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