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Chapter 35

           NordidhedisplayorfeelanyofthefretthatBenhadfeltonanearlier,similaroccasion;hewentrightaheadandundressed,makingnothingofitanddiscoveredwithwrylybitterpridethatitdidnotmattertohimintheleasteventhoughithadbeenmanyyearssincethelasttimehehadallowedanyone,manorwoman,toseehimnaked.ItseemedtomatternotatalltoPattyandevenlesstohim.Shesimplymadesurethatthetubwasjustrightbeforeallowinghimtostepintoit.

           Thensheremainedandtoldhimwhateachpicturewasandinwhatsequencetoviewthem.

           Jubalwasproperlyawedandappropriatelycomplimentary,whilecompletelytheimpersonalartcritic.Butitwas,headmittedtohimself,thegoddamdestdisplayofvirtuositywithaneedlehehadeverseenitmadehisfullydecoratedJapanesefriendlooklikeacheapcarpetascomparedwiththefinestPrincessBokhara.

           "They’vebeenchangingalittle,"shetoldhim."Taketheholybirthsceneherethatrearwallisbeginningtolookcurved?andthebedlooksalmostlikeahospitaltable.OfcourseIhavebeenchanging,too,quitealot.I’msureGeorgedoesn’tmind.Therehasn’tbeenaneedletouchedtomesincehewenttoHeaven?andifsomemiraculouschangestakeplace,I’msureheknowsaboutthemandhasafingerinitsomehow."

           JubaldecidedthatPattywasalittledottybutquitenice?onthewhole,hepreferredpeoplewhowerealittledotty;"thesaltoftheearth"citizenlefthimcold.

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