SIMON is amazed by . not a couple of nes. ecture and critiques emple University, tle by request over a formidable counter, no broacks. t o almost notners it but ed eel building s of glass block as its only de?sign flourisacked eig uary -- t-giving element, and resisted too. It ed itself again in to be said for being fifty-turning of tional day a great boon. understand people ures. akes an interest in tuary pages of tions, tidy packages, So-and-so gets tra-la-la got seven. o be and is vomiting ratoo mucaxes for last year and from tional $41.09. t t forty-one bucks and nine cents. Youd ty-five ts about it.
Dore is brusque upon ao t table (able, a slab of butcop of some cabinets ools around it) pale aken gusts of enter musrudeau. t ers tly in tices a strange avoid, cant prageous staring. My senses are being systematically dérégled, ively tall, Anne not so tall (but tall), Veronica again term. Breasts o side under t-ss t Simon doesnt understand a tent sense does s ? t. Simon ually met Pierre tru?deau (at a ty-planning conference in Ot?ta a crayons s.
tempts generalizations. Dore is crusty, Veron?ica is volatile, Anne is a ions are banal but comforting, like oto over many years, arcecture is frozen music and art is a source of life.
In t and?ing over his bed.
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quot;Its me. Dore.quot;
che bedside lamp.
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Se lace peignoir h long filigree sleeves.
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quot;Let me look.quot;
Simon gets out of bed and opens a book, On Adams akes out a stack of bills and counts out ties.
quot;Its my bad brot; Dore says. quot;airs. s. t;
Sarts to leave, then pauses.
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quot;Carol.quot;
quot;Pretty name.quot;
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A: In t to do tention. . Suddenly tor stopped to sing a passage for my fa?t my fatly botcened attentively, smiling at tor.
Q: Does your fatuality?
A: Not a note.
Q: Did tor resemble anyone you know?
A: No.
Q: did you do, after he evenings or on weekends, in Philadelphia?
A: Just ordinary things.
Q: No special interests?
A: I erested in bo ty, , its really a very effective --
Q: And w else?
A: ell, adultery. I s most of my free time. In adultery.
Q: You mean regular adultery.
A: Yes. Sleeping o someone else.
Q: these were women.
A: Invariably.
Q: And so ts he evenings or on weekends. . .
A: I range experience. today is Saturday, rigter I go to, ment. I needed a . So s ten, ten-ty, eleven, eleven-ty, ty -- on a Satur?day. Do you t know?
Q: Its possible.
A: if sabs me in the scissors?
Q: Unlikely, I hink.
A: Stabs me in the scissors in an excess of rage?
Q: Your guilt. I recognize it. Clearly, guilt.
A: Nonsense. t man guards man avoids anomalous circumstances.
Q: You regard yourself as prudent.
A: I regard myself as asleep. I go along, to me, turbances, one copes, t mean literally golden but golden in my esteem --
Q: Let me play track s by Eche Bunnymen --
A: Ill pass.
Q: I also et offensive er Cronkite. . .
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quot;You mean like real life.quot;
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ONCE side tter tained rousers. able and tters blouse on table, a bottle of De;t; tter said, and t;; breasts, Simon t. into tc searc to in.
Rob removed o t, Carol gave tter t;Do you ty?quot; Carol asked, re-doing the covers.
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quot;Did tle?quot;
quot;No, took it.quot;
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quot;A ripe fifteen.quot;
quot;I sa; So tc;I guess ts Sara;
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quot;I dont t to anybody. I kno;
quot;Youre too uff even to try. to kno;
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quot;You t you dont ;
quot;ts not so. Any to screter.quot;
quot;You ;
quot;Maybe in a state of nature. P a state of nature.quot;
quot;Youre dumb. Youre just dumb, Simon.quot;
quot;I didnt ter.quot;
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In bed, asleep. Ss of iceer at him.