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Whataretheydoinginthisforeigncity?Shespracticing"Cherokee,"andhesplottinghisnextmove,up,out,across,downHeshiredinFlagstaff,atasucculentfigure,moreconsulting,buthedoesntwanttodothatanymore,theynoticeasullenpriestreadinghisbreviaryintheAngel-Garden,shesitsonabenchandopenstheFinancialTimes(inwhichhislettertotheeditorhasbeenpublished,sheconsumesitwithintensecomprehension),onlylater,afteragameofbilliards,doeshebegintellingherhowbeautifulsheis,no,shesays,no,no——
Illpracticeforeighteenhoursaday,shesays,stoppingonlyforalittlebreadsoakedinwine;hegathersupthenewspapers,includingtheFinancialTimes,andstacksthemneatlyonthecream-coloredradiator;andinthespring,hesays,Illbegoingaway.
Shessettingthetableandhumming"Vienna";yes,shesays,itwillbegoodtohaveyougone.
Theyresoclearlyinlovethatcopswaveatthemfrompassingcruisers;whathashappenedtohisirony,whichwassupposedtoprotecthim,keephimclothed,andinhisrightmind?Iloveyousomuch,somuch,shesays,andhebelievesher,soleinachampagnesauce,hiswifeisskiinginChile——
Andwhileyousitbythefire,tatting,hesays
Shesays,notattingforme,BigBoy
Inthenight,hesays,alone,toseeofmenomore,yourgoodfortune.
PolicecarszippasttheHotelTerminusinthrees,sirenshee-hawing
Noonehastoldhimthatheisahusband;hehaslearnednothingfromthegrayinhishair;theadditionallensesinthelensesofhisspectacleshavenoteducatedhim;themerrimentofdentalassistantshasnotbroughthimthenews;hebehavesasifsomethingwerepossible,still;thereswhisperingattheHotelTerminus.
Hedecidestogotoabarandshescreamsathim,musicfromthesmallradio,militarymarches,militarywaltzes;shesconfused,shesays,shereallydidntmeanthat,butmeant,rather,thatthebellcaptainattheHotelTerminushadsaidsomethingshethoughtoffensive,somethingabout"Malague?a,"itwasnotthewordsbutthetone——
Bettermakethebed,hesays,thebedinwhichyoullsleep,chasteandcurly,whenImgone
Yes,shesays,yesthatswhattheysay
True,heslean;tr
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