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XIII. Always remember that. ‘You would like? And do you imagine that I will tell
you?’
‘Won’t you?’
‘No, a thousand times. You will leave me utterly
distraught. “I never planned it—And now I have begun—”
She felt acutely that he was entitled to explanations, and as acutely that
explanations were impossible that night. When the hero finally did appear, Ruth became filled
with gentle self-mockery. ’
‘No, perhaps not,’ Gerald agreed with a smile. What do you think, Annabel?”
“I don’t think they would,” she admitted. ”
“I’ve been certain of it for years. She took some shirts, underwear, shoes, a duffel bag, and
his wallet to make it look like he had gone a-traveling. Only
think how compromising. Only I do not care to write about anything else. Dare you?”
“Do you mean NOW?”
“At the end of the session. She
saw the moonlit waters, the black shadow of the proa, the moon-fire that ran
down the far edge of the bellying sail, the silent natives: no sound except the
slapping of the outrigger and the low sibilant murmur of water falling away from
the sides—and the beating of her heart. A woman’s shoe lay on the threadbare carpeting.
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