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Chapter 13

           ButMariahasbeengood.Hasshenot?Oh,hasshenot,hethought.MaybethatiswhatIamtogetnowfromlife.Maybethatismylifeandinsteadofitbeingthreescoreyearsandtenitisforty-eighthoursorjustthreescorehoursandtenortwelverather.Twenty-fourhoursinadaywouldbethreescoreandtwelveforthethreefulldays.

           Isupposeitispossibletoliveasfullalifeinseventyhoursasinseventyyears;grantedthatyourlifehasbeenfulluptothetimethattheseventyhoursstartandthatyouhavereachedacertainage.

           Whatnonsense,hethought.Whatrotyougettothinkingbyyourself.Thatisreallynonsense.Andmaybeitisn’tnonsensetoo.Well,wewillsee.ThelasttimeIsleptwithagirlwasinMadrid.Noitwasn’t.ItwasintheEscorialand,exceptthatIwokeinthenightandthoughtitwassomeoneelseandwasexciteduntilIrealizedwhoitreallywas,itwasjustdraggingashes;exceptthatitwaspleasantenough.AndthetimebeforethatwasinMadridandexceptforsomelyingandpretendingIdidtomyselfastoidentitywhilethingsweregoingon,itwasthesameorsomethingless.SoIamnoromanticglorifieroftheSpanishWomannordidIeverthinkofacasualpieceasanythingmuchotherthanacasualpieceinanycountry.ButwhenIamwithMariaIlovehersothatIfeel,literally,asthoughIwoulddieandIneverbelievedinthatnorthoughtthatitcouldhappen.

           SoifyourlifetradesitsseventyyearsforseventyhoursIhavethatvaluenowandIamluckyenoughtoknowit.Andifthereisnotanysuchthingasalongtime,northerestofyourlives,norfromnowon,butthereisonlynow,whythennowisthethingtopraiseandIamveryhappywithit.Now,ahora,maintenant,heute.Now,ithasafunnysoundtobeawholeworldandyourlife.Estanoche,tonight,cesoir,heuteabend.Lifeandwife,VieandMari.Noitdidn’tworkout.TheFrenchturneditintohusband.

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