Overnight to Many Distant Cities
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AgroupofChineseinbrownjacketsprecededusthroughthehallsofVersailles.Theyweremiddle-agedmen,weighty,obviouslyimportant,perhapsthirtyofthem.Attheentrancetoeachroomaguardstoppedus,heldusbackuntiltheChinesehadfinishedinspectingit.AfleetofblackgovernmentCitro?nshadbroughtthem,theyweremuchateasewithVersaillesandwitheachother,itwasclearthattheywerebeingrewardedformanyyearsofgoodbehavior.
AskedheropinionofVersailles,mydaughtersaidshethoughtitwasoverdecorated.
Well,yes.
AgaininParis,yearsearlier,withoutAnna,wehadahotelroomopeningonacourtyard,andlateatnightthroughanopenwindowheardawomanexpressingintenseandrisingpleasure.Weblushedandfelluponeachother.
Rightnowsunnyskiesinmid-Manhattan,thetemperatureisforty-twodegrees.
InStockholmweatereindeersteakandItoldthePrimeMinisterThatthepriceofboozewastoohigh.TwentydollarsforabottleofJ&B!He(OlofPalme)agreed,mostpolitely,andsaidthattheyfinancedthearmythatway.Theconferencewewereattendingwasheldataworkersvacationcentersomewhatoutsidethecity.Shamelessly,Iaskedforadoublebed,therewerenone,wepushedtwosinglebedstogether.AnIsraelijournalistsatonthetwosinglebedsdrinkingourcostlywhiskeyandexplainingthedevilishpoliciesoftheLikud.ThenitwastimetogoplaywiththeAfricans.ApoetwhohadbeenforatimeaMinisterofCultureexplainedwhyhehadburnedagrandpianoonthelawninfrontoftheMinistry."Thepiano,"hesaid,"isnotthenationalinstrumentofUganda."
Aboatridethroughthescatteredislands.AWarsawPactnovelistaskedmetocarryapackageofpapertoNewYorkforhim.
WomanissilentfortwodaysinSanFrancisco.Andwalkedthroughthestreetswithherarmsraisedhightouchingtheleavesofthetrees.
"Butyouremarried!"
"Butthatsnotmyfault!"
TearingintocoldcrabatScomaswesawChillWillsatanothertable,doingthesamething.Wewavedtohim.
InTaegutheairwasfullofthenoiseofhelicopters.Thehelicopterlandedonapad,GeneralAjumpedoutandwalkedwithafirm,manlystridetothespotwhereGeneralBwaited——generalsvisitingeachother.Theyshookhands,thehonorguardwithitsbluescarvesandchromedriflespoppedto,thebandplayed,picturesweretaken.GeneralAfollowedby
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withagoodbook,Rilke,asIremember,andresolvednevertofindmysel
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