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Chapter 7

           BecausewewouldnotwearanyclothesbecauseitwassohotandthewindowopenandtheswallowsflyingovertheroofsofthehousesandwhenitwasdarkafterwardandyouwenttothewindowverysmallbatshuntingoverthehousesandclosedownoverthetreesandwewoulddrinkthecapriandthedoorlockedandithotandonlyasheetandthewholenightandwewouldbothloveeachotherallnightinthehotnightinMilan.Thatwashowitoughttobe.IwouldeatquicklyandgoandseeCatherineBarkley.

           TheytalkedtoomuchatthemessandIdrankwinebecausetonightwewerenotallbrothersunlessIdrankalittleandtalkedwiththepriestaboutArchbishopIrelandwhowas,itseemed,anoblemanandwithwhoseinjustice,theinjusticeshehadreceivedandinwhichIparticipatedasanAmerican,andofwhichIhadneverheard,Ifeignedacquaintance.ItwouldhavebeenimpolitenottohaveknownsomethingofthemwhenIhadlistenedtosuchasplendidexplanationoftheircauseswhichwere,afterall,itseemed,misunderstandings.IthoughthehadafinenameandhecamefromMinnesotawhichmadealovelyname:IrelandofMinnesota,IrelandofWisconsin,IrelandofMichigan.WhatmadeitprettywasthatitsoundedlikeIsland.Nothatwasn’tit.Therewasmoretoitthanthat.Yes,father.Thatistrue,father.Perhaps,father.No,father.Well,maybeyes,father.YouknowmoreaboutitthanIdo,father.Thepriestwasgoodbutdull.Theofficerswerenotgoodbutdull.TheKingwasgoodbutdull.Thewinewasbadbutnotdull.Ittooktheenameloffyourteethandleftitontheroofofyourmouth.

           "Andthepriestwaslockedup,"Roccasaid,"becausetheyfoundthethreepercentbondsonhisperson.ItwasinFranceofcourse.Heretheywouldneverhavearrestedhim.Hedeniedallknowledgeofthefivepercentbonds.

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