Why do you insiston thinking everybody else is
lonely, merely because you are? Atfirst I was irritated by the complete sloppiness
etc. But itwas a fear that he could understand and answer, not a bewilderingmidnight
strangeness. The high narrow bed, with neither headboard nor footboard, had
fourslender posts at the corners. And his dear mother used to congratulate me on my
luckin having won her darling.
Marks, which hehad taught himself to admire with a
quite surprising amount ofsincerity. About the walls were chairs,
stately,uncomfortable, inhuman. Cecil and I had one for two monthsin England. Sam
laid down the letter, and it was of Edith and her way withservants that he was
thinking. Well, at first do you know I was shocked by their chumminess.
She did not talk, this time, of diplomats and
Riviera villas andpainting.
Edith wouldbe hating him for having blatted about
Fran, for having led her totalk. They went on the balcony-terrace and Sam cried out.
His vision of the beauties of the gutter hadvanished with haste and a ludicrous
squawking. She wouldnt mind cooking for her man any more than Nandewould. Atfirst I
was irritated by the complete sloppiness etc. She must be an enchanting person to
wander with. Was dryrot really braver than a moist and dripping rage of
defiance?
And that gave us boysa chance to get in a little
petting ourselves!
If he could only be laughing, unthinking, with Tub
Pearson. Hes a mystic, in the highestsense of that badly escorted word. And his dear
mother used to congratulate me on my luckin having won her darling.
AndIve got a date to meet the second officer in
Paris.
And theres no privacy, and Im an extravagant
womanwhen it comes to the luxury of privacy. Atfirst I was irritated by the complete
sloppiness etc. Out on theharbor, bands of singers in gondolas chanted old Italian
ballads.
It was covered with a gold encrustedbrocade, rather
worn.
It was covered with a gold encrustedbrocade, rather
worn.
In age they seemed to run from thirty
toforty.
Hed learned his faultsof commercial-mindedness, of
timidity before women.
Why do you insiston thinking everybody else is
lonely, merely because you are?
Butfried scampi and a drink solaced him; a second
drink set hisimagination dancing. It wastranquil in that vast cool room above the
Grand Canal.
Sams spirit was refreshed here, his hot body was
refreshed, andwhen Mrs.
Her handgripped the thin fluted railing of the
balcony.
Well, at first do you know I was shocked by their
chumminess.
In age they seemed to run from thirty toforty.