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           SometimesRachelcameoverwithhimifMissywasavailabletositforanhour,andsometimesNormajoinedthem,butmostlyitwasjustLouisandJud.Louisfoundtheoldmanascomfortableasanoldslipper,andhewouldtalkaboutLudlowhistorygoingbackthreehundredyearsalmostasthoughhehadlivedallofit.Hetalkedbutneverrambled.HeneverboredLouis,althoughhehadseenRachelyawningunderherhandonmorethanoneoccasion.

           Hewouldcrosstheroadtohishouseagainbeforetenonmostevenings,and,likeasnot,heandRachelwouldmakelove.Neversincethefirstyearoftheirmarriagehadtheymadelovesooften,andneversosuccessfullyandpleasurably.Rachelsaidshebelieveditwassomethingintheartesianwellwater;LouisoptedfortheMaineair.

           ThenastydeathofVictorPascowonthefirstdayofthefallsemesterbegantofadeinthememoryofthestudentbodyandinLouis’sown;Pascow’sfamilynodoubtstillgrieved.Louishadspokentothetearful,mercifullyfacelessvoiceofPascow’sfatheronthetelephone;thefatherhadonlywantedassurancethatLouishaddoneeverythinghecould,andLouishadassuredhimthateveryoneinvolvedhad.Hedidnottellhimoftheconfusion,thespreadingstainonthecarpet,andhowhissonhadbeendeadalmostfromtheinstanthewasbroughtin,althoughthesewerethingsthatLouisthoughthehimselfwouldneverforget.ButforthosetowhomPascowwasonlyacasualty,hehadalreadydimmed.

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