ˇ¶The Dead Fatherˇ· Back Cover: quot;Fat cubes, be climbed over, neit.quot; ts long, is being een or so of t really dead. atively. o contain confessionals -- and an autocrat. A manual for sons, offering sample fatips on identifying fat, is included for traordinary retelling of tt, Kafka, James Joyce, and Sylvia Platale evokes memories of Orp also, perive, brims erary antics. quot;tonis book so far by an already prodigious er.quot; -- Susan Sontag quot;t o readers is beyond question; y is unmatco t of temporary comic nis . . .quot; -- Los Angeles times Cover design by todd Radom Cover illustration by Lonnie Sue Johnson For Marion taring up into tanes cigarette pack. taring. t, serene? From tip of ely nostriled nose to ters, figure obtained by triangulation. t a young gray. Full, almost to t is possible to admire time, many do, on a Sunday or otly placed bettiso a rock formation. Imposing, rugged, all t. t jaains ty-teety-eigeness of standard batures and four stained, tter a consequence of addiction to tobacco, according to legend, tet to be found in ter of t perfect, t. t rictus, slig not unpleasant rictus, disclosing a bit of mackerel salad lodged betained four. e ts mackerel salad. It appears to be mackerel salad. In t is mackerel salad. Dead, but still ill dead. No one can remember ioned like a sleeper in troubled sleep, t expanse of o t. Overall lengts. . At rols tter of t. Controls t, ions. t leg, entirely meco be trative center of ions, ucks or nicies for confession, small booticeably freer in confessing to to any priest, of course! aped, scrambled, recomposed, dramatized, and tys ters, a neure-lengts of ones oimes. t foot rests at t for titanium steel band around ankle, titanium steel co dead men (dead man n. 1. a log, concrete block, etc., buried in to t sunk in t t except t it is seven meters knee is not very interesting and no one ried to dynamite it, tribute to tizens. From to t (Belfast Avenue) everyt ordinary. e encounter for example tus femoris, tibial tract, tery, tus medialis, tus lateralis, tus intermedius, tor magnus, tor longus, termediate femoral cutaneous nerve and oture. All leg, sometimes. tiny arro (artificial) leg at any time, tribute to tizens. e to be dead. e sit ears in our eyes ing to be dead -- meanwh our hands. 1 Eleven oclock in ts he sky. tiring, said Julie. Perhem a break. t;breakquot; signal waving ion. t by the road. tion, tz across an unkno, ttle band of brothers. . . You are not a brot get zed away. t to s and less timal ions. . . Julie looked away. My cher said. Mine. Mine. Mine. th his head in Julies lap. Many sad t to befall me, but t t fello one. the drunk, Julie said. Yes. how did you come by him? I anding in t. Edmund. Sap. You knehen. Before you signed him up. . A son of mine, neverther. It agree. But it is o deny someone the making of him. I signed him up. Ive noticed. o tedly at ther. tipped h silver bells from his knapsack. to t I ion, or its mate, since I een. Sixteen to sixty-five, so says ther. t make you loved. Loved! Not a matter of love. A matter of Organization. All ttle fool, ttering. a picture. I t, perfect fools. As ended, said ther. And out-of-doors it, my ears cut off, said t a notion. an imagination. A certain artistry, said ther. In my ukases. Let us luncs early. tableclotoasted prahis fashion: Quite good. Not so bad. Is tard? In t. Somet. ? Look there. Pick it out h your finger. Nasty little bugger. Pass the prawns. And for dessert? Fig Newtons. t contentedly around the roadway. Soon her. Fourteen days or fifteen days, I reckon, t. Is t? t. s her. I shall once more be wiry. iry! Julie exclaimed. Suffed a part of tablecloto h. My dear, tended a self and guidance grasped one of s. Not in front of him. the hand. Can you tell us, t ree back do. Disobeyed a ukase, said t which ukase. Ohomas. Nobody disobeys a ukase of mine, said ther. he chuckled. Smug, isnt he, said Julie. A bit smug, said thomas. A bit, ther said. t eacs across the prawns. till. trees. Vegetation. ild gooseberries. eather. Ill let you sometimes, th of you. thanks, Julie said. s damned fine luster, thwhile. her pause. Even ts you o he cable. Volunteers, every one, ted to be in your service. to be wearing your livery. No matter. cs fine golden strands to my ancient bosom -- up, Im afraid, Julie said. to a bush. Its not fair! he exclaimed. s not fair? ion, as if for an answer. Are you ill? I could use a suck of t, thomas said. Not in front of him. tired from tion of Queen Annes lace. Julie seated s presented t a little smaller t but just as s own way. Aer a time. Not. Is there more? hile I live, beloved. ther. Julie buttoned hand-in-hand. A bit left out, said t. t is t. Suffer, said the bush. Excluded, said ther. It is because you are an old fart, Julie explained. Old farts dont get much. to and stormed off doion. railing. homas. tormed off after up, terrible scene. t and t and also a banger upon ttle and also a blorumpet and one upon trumpet and one upon trumpet and one upon trumpet and one upon trumpet of copper-covered rumpet and one upon trumpet and one ing ists of all descriptions and a Panpiper and a fagotto player and tuosos of tle and a zampogna player to t period and one bloer jar and a clavicyt less nervous-fingered drummers as , and t ttern plucker and five lyresmiters and various mandolinists, and sleoo a violist and a player of t and a picker of tery and a beater of ttledrummers and a triangulist and t and tron rac specialist and a marimbist and a maracist and a falcon drummer and a sor of the gilded ball. ting eaming earth. My anger, he said proudly. trousers prick and pissed upon tists, severally and togeto t of y. . . four minutes, or one pint. Impressive, said Julie, been pure cardboard. My dear, said too h him. I est possible respect for s, said Julie, let us proceed. they proceeded. 2 tryside. Flo. t popping from little s glands. the cable. Beautiful country around here, said Julie. Gorgeous, said thomas. Great to be alive, said to breat. to feel ones muscles bite and snap. he mechanical one. It is incomparable, said t, t . I . Old Plugalong. ? asked t or design? tter, said tness, ty of, every kind of experience. I t mec of experience tness. I ed to know w machines know. do machines know? Mac, and opping. Of last they -- s t? terrupted. ing to the road. too big. Not too small. holding hands. Children in love, said Julie. In love? how do you know? I is. A clear instance. Cher. hippersnappers. is t? ting to ther. t is a Dead Fatold them. tightly. look dead to us, said the girl. anding up, anyhow. homas said. the lips. t seem very impressed, said the awe? t in eacher, said Julie. Soaks up all available awe. Dont seem old enoughomas said. how old are you? he asked. e are ty, said ten and en. Old enougo live togetil . But dont tell anyone because en, if the knowledge becomes general. Arent to be t eac thomas asked. Al exceptions, Julie said. e our fingers o knife and mingled our bloods, the boy said. tiny forefingers crusty cuts exed. Did you sterilize the knife? I hope? Julie asked. e dangled it in ttle, said t sufficient. t , thomas said. e ed. I am een o refuse to do ary service and I am going to do somet in t t it up yet. Admirable, Julie said. e are togetoo old to know is. I am? You must be about ty-six. Exactly. And ing thomas. Considerably, tted. And ed to t be, I cant imagine. Maybe a hundred. rong, t close. Even older t, but also younger. bothing I like. All t remember . So little of you. t. till more of t t one gets along reasonably well. Reasonably, said t a word. th hands and cheeks and hair. Do ness ty? You are in a need for rape. t t. Be grateful. Dyscrasia, t is . Pat it. Are you in sche children. Of course we are in sco excape. Do you to excape? Didnt you? do you study in school? e are invigorated sensuality of language. e learn to make sentences. Come to me. May I come to your mas comes but once a year. Ill come to your question. t comes and goes. Success comes to trive. tuesday comes after Monday. . toote comes in a tube. Peacrees and good results do not come from careless lessness. t datle practice. Ill come to t, though -- I t of a smart-ass, said to be sent to a Special Scy-mouthere also. If you do t ogeto tell you sometterly astounding, surprising, marvelous, miraculous, triump, astonisraordinary, incredible, unforeseen, vast, tiny, rare, common, glaring, secret until today, brilliant and enviable; in s somet for one single instance o believe in Paris (so ?), somet, sometest joy to t, somet, care hink. I am offended, said ther. I ing Mme de S¨¦vign¨¦, said t for t part, which was mine. tuned a little fine, the answer. Is t t looks like a zoo? t s. No he children said. tanding and wasive hands. I cannot bear to look longer, said Julie, let us proceed. t all cly regarded. S of to the men: Resume, resume! tighe cable. Small gifts to the children: a power mower, a Blendor. togethomas explained. Goodbye! Goodbye! ted. Dont tell, please dont tell, never tell, never tell, please! e ! ted back. t s. C c be t ced it, it upon me. tribute of a sort but I could , fatens of tion of ttle bundle to big bundle, period of years, and t observed tis, t of sending a , t, out into tream of ty, nevermore to enance of public order, keeping traig of tters, ions of Klinger, t state, tate, tate, and so on, ing along ter stain and so on, but t possible, all fortiplied, and multiplied, and multiplied, and I o Fat ural order, tens of t I ed to a next to a 100 percent rag print from my pastels or not. I never ed it, it upon me. I ed to tion of t I valued most, strong brourning to pale bro vacant yelloect against, t sort of t no, I o devour times too, get a good mouteet over t t been tally electrocuted by model railroads? And t er course of improperly laundered blue jeans, t-ss, saris, to peel t. Believe me, ted it, I ed only t of my armcy about , e and run off tra impressions, wer er hB or if if if if -- he does go on, said Julie. And on and on and on, said thomas. however he is bearing up remarkably well. he is bearing up remarkably well. I am bearing up remarkably her, because I have hope. tell me, said Julie, did you ever to paint or drach? Yourself? It necessary, said t of my ake my meaning. e had no choice, said Julie. 3 A . tance. tanding about. Pemmican measured out in great dark o lips. test by Edmund. Reproof from titude of Edmund. Julie against. Bird stutter and tar. tions. Construction of t. ticks cast. ted and tated in a sieve. tc struck into a great stake and its quivers recorded. First-sprouting onion caugs peels palpated. Portents totted up and divided by seven. to the ground in a swoon. Picking up of trum. Application of cloto ty of t old? icipation of revelation. t. Anger of tares at ss flask to lips. Emma appears. tartled. s do. tares contending. Emma fingering anding o top skirt. t. Silence of troops. Golden y bosom of Emma. Merry eye of Emma. General consternation. ts ure, to B.S.S.S., Bacarial Studies. Evil look from to t and on a bed of ferns fresrout ne from trout stream presented to Emma by kneeling-on-one-knee troopers. Emma pleased. Little s cooking of trout (immediate) and produces from reticule a can of slivered almonds. t. More trout persuaded from trout stream, tor is set up for projection of t t alloo viear, ree, in outrage. Guitar carcass added to t. t. Julie staring. trout broo t of one about to le over treats from tributed over various trouts bros. Projector casts image upon screen (collapsible/portable). to an engine block abandoned in a fartc. Ignoring by tying, men and , a s up and sits in t, a s. t, a man, approac (t) and begins taking off unbuckles ts belt, unzips t carefully pulls dos panties, ween cccchomas. Beam of Emma touc. tilt of Emma-bust to. Seating arrangements to be announced. Beam of Emma creating confusions, some return beam, some do not, some are sunk in film, some aspra, some creeping toward Emmas box on hands and knees, when -- Emma rises, stretc rout brooasty s little flittered almonds in a tasty sauce, butter, es trout. Bite-rout, U-soget represent accurately ters of een minutes upon t, urned off. t begins to move slo and ture is omps. Ranting of tohe edge. Absence of film. Restlessness of t rests closely regarded. Attempt by t to insinuate s, to ness y foot kicks. t eacrout continues t eacermixed retco Emma. Conversation. tle girl are you? I get by, I get by. time to go. a favorable moment. Bad to people. Is t a t? Dragged ance any rootytoot-toot. Is t a t? take it any . Oto fry. e guarantee every effort will be made. he boss? One in tights. bad-looking. ts one opinion. Inclined to tarry for a bit. Pop one of ttle lift. thank you. too many. ts your opinion. Since you as yet responded to my suggestion. aking him? e guarantee every effort will be made. More than I can bear. No its not. Frigion of the ordinaries. No its not. bad-looking. made up my mind. You must udied English. take my . make you feel? asnt t. I queened it for a while in Yorkshire. Did you know Lord Raglan? I knew Lord Raglan. bad-looking. handsome, clever, rich. Yorkss own I believe. Correct. time to go. Inclined to tarry for a bit. thank you. too many. ts your opinion. Nevertheless. Various circumstances requiring my attention. I can make it for you. So full and orange. You dont knoting into. a favorable moment. ake up one dark nighumb in your eye. omen toget o be changed. Dangled widdle-diddles in my face. More than I can bear. No its not. ill it ? I dont kno kno know. bad-looking. made up my mind. Groups surrounding us needing direction. Maybe. s he like? ts my business. ried any of thers? ts my business. ant to take a look around. See ts. I can make it for you. Is t a t? Construed any way you wish. I asked organization. did ell you? Destroy it in order to let ter flow freely. ts referred pain I kno t. But a maiden drowned. Did they recover a body? the bodies of sheep. O it. In t. And guilty. I never asked him. Its all been carefully considered. ell you true. Nevertheless. Doing at great personal and emotional cost. Any of thers any good? tried them. t I heard a dog barking. Its possible. t basic units develop into t natural patterns. Are you into spanking? No Im not. Pity. e could something going. Im not into t. a around here? Pop one of ttle lift. thank you. Palm Sunday. youre doing. Cordially. Not too bothank you. time to go, time to go. alking by tening to the waves. tting nosebleed. have my handkerchief. Ive one of my ohank you. I could it in a brick, he said. A filthed man. bad-looking. ried any of thers? I am only recently arrived and o . Every effort for you. ill it ? My discretion. My yea or nay. t I heard a dog barking. A spiritual aridity quite o reconcile y. Left Barcelona in disgrace. I was suspicious of . Certain provocations t couldnt handle. too early to tell. ts a very handsome pin. My moto me at h. Goodbye goodbye goodbye. tick around for a while. ts interesting. take the land. ts interesting. old him? to my s. And if it is at all possible for you to see me. Fond urgings and soft petitions. Its all been carefully considered. ? t I heard a dog barking. Did you know Lord Raglan? e nodded when our carriages passed. Out of of here. Not today, not today. Pop one of t tle lift. ill it ? 4 ture: to a man tending bar in an open field. Yes, thomas said. Relaxation of the cable. Drinks for everyone. Ahomas. Not too bad, said ther. Yum, said Emma. Anothomas said. t was vodka, rigender asked. On three olives? tender. a tree. Did you see ther. Clump of eiged. Black plumes, trappings. Black her. Standing in a rank, very rained, not a whicker. Per real? asked ther. thomas. Julie ordered another drink. Youve ender, no more. , said thomas, youve had enough. Ill decide her. ted an outrage, thomas said. ts true, said tender, I could lose my license. ing tiness. o be outraged? One never knoy pilgrims, natives of trict, commercial travelers. Make it a double, said Julie. e do not serve unaccompanied ender. I am accompanied am I not? Do you mean tighe golden robes? Both. I sa. S, in a public place. Sher happily. Never in all my years -- Youre a family man, noender said to ts perfectly plain. Very much so. Youve cender, responsibilities. Beyond counting. t so, said tender, I can talk to you. e understand eacher. Yes, fire away. e can parley, said tender, make powwow. t the yellow sky. till ths. ender, w do you feel? Left out, said ther. Button button ton? ced Julie. Ive got tton. Can I see it? asked tender. Can I her drink? A double Scotche bar. Julie knocked back tc. t. ts not , said tender, but God Almighty. A crowd hey were laughing. tomach his hand. Dont touchers angry. topped laug th angry looks. ed angrily. I am ted back. Leave our stomaced. Your stomacedly. they crowded closer. retc toomach. Mostly get tender said. to e sometick on tomace, interestingly folded, stomach. Ohe crowd. Oh, you rogue! Julie rotated tomac t bouncing off tips of s (purple). Emma sulking at the bar. Drinking a Campari-and-soda. t t to Julie. Our stomacaking it away! tomacrampoline in tion of its admirers. Julie put on t tucking t into to the ground. S thomas. my beauty altogether? Not yet, he said. Quite her. I was offended, of course. Suffer, Julie said. t te colors. told me you were color-blind, wher. I never believed you were color-blind. A son of mine. I t I old me I o green, they said. I never t you were color-blind. You saw w we o call green. I sa and still think was green. Never t you e old by ts. You eful for t. My criticism you never understood ture, said tand ture. I dont suggest I understand it noand ts. Of course to understand. Older people tend to overlook t at it, said t like to t it. Alexander approachomas. Look ted. A he hill. I think hes following us, said Alexander. Youve seen him before? Yesterday. Alance. Not one of the road? No. this is a bay. I c. Okay, s make tracks. taut. traggle along the horseman following. 5 ting a bowl of ce pudding. o because I needed help. Of course not, said thomas. Im doing tially, thus, for you. thing. As so mucher. thing. You never kneher. turned his head. You told us, edly. Oioned tiative no you never kne sense. Because you are not a father. I am, t Elsie. Doesnt count, said t sense, become a fat of amateur effort is possible. A son may after endeavor produce w some people migec sense. A moments quiet. have you heard from her? Elsie? tcard, ture of a puppy dog aring eyes. Love, she said. Four months ago, Julie said. t inner, she said. round is desirable, sometimes. ther fell down. Julie and Emma picked him up. Great knotted bunce of red empty lobster sure it. Antiaestic. Sad to see in a twelve-year-old. I e t s to pursue it to excess, thomas said, over his shoulder. o Julie. A boy. A neonate. A even found tton yet. , she said. Is it a large one? ther asked. Large enough. A tender red? tender enough. Can I see it? Oired of you! Julie cried. Ss at to the air. I am not tired of you, said ther. t your tuff luck, s my tuff luck. Yours. tuff titty. titty, said t suck? You are incredible. to the forehead. t! then: If only I were myself again! e are making progress, thomas said. s great yelloricity, then I will be revivified. Best not to anticipate too muc jiggles ties. Possibilities! Surely t a mere possibility? It is an excellent possibility, Julie said quickly. A y. iced thomas. All turned to look for ther. Good her. A very pleasant day, Emma noted. Pleasant day, said ther. Extremely pleasant, thomas said. It able of Ballambangjang. t? It is rateresting tale, said tell. I cain maiden, a raven-haired maiden -- Julie, o her dark dark hair. A raven- beauty. ulla. I sent s. Little macly, a macamping rips of plastic, a macracting staples from documents, a macening eam. ell, sed ts, no difficulty t me s imagine I am not fond of being spurned. I am not used to it. In my domains it does not as ill luck y line. Spurned is not a to be. In fact I ive disinclination for it. So I turned myself into a -- A ter? asked Julie. A , said turned myself into a and positioned myself upon tinue, quite a upider, t goes saying, still not a certain rude c diffident in the long flowing sideburns as one would use ones knees in guiding a horse -- till folloed. I wonder why. -- I sent ering off in tion of table tulla, t on. So superior , t is to say, me, joined toget blame sely. Picture it. t nigouc turned myself back into myself (vanis) and . e spent many nigogetorious and filled s ter, tractor, tzel, tograp and , t Bible, t-macural artifacts, as . I fatitutions useful and union, territories all superior in terrain, climatology, laoms to t but I is all I can say in my o ive period but my darling, reproac last died of it. In my arms of course. ;enoug; I o to reclaim her. I found er many adventures too boring to recount. I found so return asted t, its addicting. Sc t ctacked me to drive me off. But I removed my garments and t t by garment, and as eac toucly an ugly-man-of-o a gasp of steam. tay, to stay for; sheirs. to purify myself, said ties into t eye ty Poolus o , and y Ripple able. ty Gorno y Libet o do and is tion to us all. I by eigo me as I sat earing and suggested a game of pool. A . e able. ell, to fatable of Ballambangjang, fas from tents of an alfalfa field nearby and t from teleps of it from tover ugly-men-of-and te points --quot; homas asked. I forget, said t as errible in aspect, I dont to talk about it, let me say only t I realized instantly t I yx. lacking in , even in tremity. Uncoiling my penis, ted state, I made a long cast across ty-five meters I conveniently in t of a rock on t excruciating pain as you can imagine torrent to to s I alive and kicking, I rees. Infuckingcredible, said Julie. Unfuckingbelievable, said Emma. Rudolf Rassendyll ter, said thomas. Yes, t bank of tands to tion. A thered. Forfuckingmidable, said Julie. I suddenly feel all mops and brooms. Refuckingdoubtable, said Emma. I suddenly feel a saint of the saucepan. Six and ters percent compounded momentarily, said tee it. A bumaree, said Julie, tiny and small. t it, said Emma. e are only tidderly-puso them. See to the eye of a needle, said Emma. Its a grin in a glass case, said Julie. t revitalizing properties of t, long fleecy golden tersingers sing, said ther. It is obvious t but for a t of fate tune, said Julie. It is obvious t but for a t of fate t, said Emma. Muc. 6 Evening. ts crying in tance. Julie was. Emma ordering icule. tell me a story, said ther. Certainly, said ty four men in dark suits s and ties and attacaining Uzi submac I going to me. t me, first hering gloom -- Oic narrative. Very mucain, doain, across a small river, to an even ill farty. to luncoget a er policing to t ced once again and fled in single file ts of ternoon over uses of various kinds, events per remember, to a yet ill farty. ered t t like ter. I rees but no fire ed. Neverttacock fired a s burst into tting t in fear and ted. ting once again and leaving to do ained trees, er of a long valley ter ones and fences to a on our ed me into tion of a single candle me again, o be transported and and til I accommodated. I asked t t meant, accommodated, but t. e left ted again. ter galloping for some o a car e block, tered trance and past a mec sponges e-model cars blue and gray and silver and be meco a large room or ring aken from my o my moutten somet see but me. to teetten on to eac narroood t o make aggressive snarling gestures, I made aggressive snarling gestures o read ten on t persons piece of paper gripped bet to no avail, I could not read ten on any piece of paper alt a notion of ting ed t t and t day and I became preoccupied , ed it on t timism, tures and attempts unsuccessful invariably to read ten on t of tanding before a door, tal bed atop in tciced t tc, tepped to t and taken to top floor. I aken to top floor, tall as tree, it resembled a five ed t I o me. t me, s. turing. aller of t nodded, tainly true, tisfaction. ty so a Land-Rover onto a broad arid plain for a distance of several opping at intervals to take on petrol and er in battered jerry cans toned overs at depots along te. day, tato salad. On t o a s sucky grasses tufted into a green scum, ern and me in t off across t cypresses gnarling and snarling all about us and to a greasy obacco dratac offered any of, and damaged me again, to be tiring, I old me I c. but added t I ue of ttentions and t century and tions of surface travel, less o see t Fat, t Fat ly grant me a boon but it o a customer and I ly so my be got up. I re I knerying to patc anso t riddle, er, in tance I could hear a roaring. Im fatigued, said ther. Be of good courage, said t ends soon. told me Fat calling for tiated but I angling vines I perceived tlines of a serpent of s mout of tin on tled tin and I o make out to ter ing and approac deferentially as o I o be tested by t if o robe Fat nodded most graciously and opening fall t of tin ness of a mirror. My escorts set up t ture could regard o creep underneating t t Fat in fine smallclota taken from a maed beussling for o cover length. I like h long, very long. Reserve judgment, said t quite to the end. t on skirt stuffed and pleated and slaso ser scarlet, ts toget est movement or undulation. t Fat looked neito t nor to t but stark a in. t jacket of meg in color and a turd in color, tertrimmed on of doublet of silver brocade slas and slas tons, ttons being one dozen of ivory, one dozen of silk, one dozen of silk and in gold. Next t on cloak made of uns pear-colored inside and outside embroidered at top and doless in number and tons, altogetoning, in a tree, I incimes to ts ible. ted around a girdle of russet gold ing o ongue ters long. As t s massy goldsmitin and out again, I could not believe ten t Fat nodded once at ongue from its scabbard, and pronounced o riddle. Fat flourisipped tongue, and it is a son-of-a-bitcell you t, t arcane item in t in a out do you really feel? Like murderinging, I ans is Fat, it, and t me in stunned I feelings t I said, t ted is ty to carry out t else? Granted t may I remind you t en enoug o actually do it. For t Fat; cordially; my companions returned me to ty. I y utterer. t is a tall tale, said t believe it ever happened. No tale ever ell it, said t t. is the moral? Murderinging, thomas said. Murderinging is not correct, said t be murdereded. Never. Absolutely not. I mentioned no names, said thomas. aring at t buckle. Very iced before. t buckle was silver. Six incwo. t buckle. Gift of tizens, many Fatuous offerings, on t Fathers Day. May I try it on? thomas asked. You to try on my belt? Yes Id like to try it on if you dont mind. You may certainly try it on if you wish. t and to thomas. t. I like it, looks back, if you like. My belt buckle! said ther. Im sure you dont mind, said tless you as sumptuous. back to ther. I dont mind? Do you mind? Yes, Julie asked interestedly, do you mind? I one. Surely you as fine. Yes I many belt buckles. I am deligo . Not her said. You can buckle, t will do. Yes, Julie said, it will do. Quite a good buckle, my old buckle, thomas said. ting the old buckle. Not as fine as your former belt buckle, of course. It isnt, t. ts homas explained. I understand t, said ted tter buckle. And nohomas. ted buckle. Looks quite good I think. It does, said Julie. Yes, Emma agreed. Gives you a bit more dashan you had before. to thank you. My pleasure, said to be able to do someto be able to give. Giving is, in a sense -- No, said t us be clear. You didnt give. I took. took it a get it straigters trivial, but I no misunderstanding. I took it. Away from you. Oher. for a moment. ill tion? Yes, said thomas. You may make a speech. No, Julie said. No speech. A speeco to my assembled loyal, faithful -- No, said Julie. Yes, said tomorrow. tomorrow? Maybe tomorrohomas. My speech! to bed, said to bed no dreams. tigs, buckle. Yes! he said. 7 Let him make his speech, Julie said. Yesterday you said no. I erday. today I am in a fairer mood. ts interesting, t? I ignore sense data, s him make his speech. turned to ther. ould you like to make your speech now? I pertinency. togethe men and Emma. tood in a ragged een. Edmund , ip of t, Julie at ther. tepped forward and assumed ion, a kind of forwardly lean. All ted cigarettes. Julie ligte as did Emma. tips of ther. In considering, ionally arriving ionally arriving s ained and some discarded -- All t doalking to eacemplating I say tionally arrived provided for by anticipatory design ical, reliably extend a set of ever-advancing speeding poised lingering or dtern be unto te until t time. Given tence of t time, anticipatory design neurosis designs for integration of til-tening non-self-requested experience of life and s, s variable stresses and floo carry inornadoes do not occur as predicted but look out of trees, ational tiles not provided for by anticipatory design fury preallotted to tinuance of consciousness kno us pray. tensionally cooday and gone tomorroy iny outicles in y and progressive conceptioning and Faterface ic beed by parts suc. tatic or quot;at restquot; analysis to super series of unpredictable matical frequencies composed of complementary and reciprocal numbers found in cyclic bundling of experience not necessarily compromised by variable geograpations, but sometimes, as in t tly come and go, to multidynamically blossom or burst forty or pain and pre- and postnatal . . . disappointments . . . next appropriate trial balance struck. . . as to rue experience of tively-evolving compre against fire flood pestilence violent atmospurbance and providing seventeen cubic feet of air per minute per person free of toxic or disagreeable odors or dust, or malice, metals broadly speaking and syntics narroerlink into continuously improving ra-corporeal nets island of pinuity sad to say, sad to say, pinuity and torpor, total velocities of o solve. Given ory design despair suco you and knoo me, and freakiness, and bearing in mind puso and above all, and disregarding ttern security is cened by tematically pulsing alternations, your existence olerable olerances of .01, .02, and .03, given up-tooling of social engineering extra-genetic razzle post-partum reprepositioning and I spy. thank you. ted for the applause. A storm of applause from the men! thank you. Prolonged and fervent applause. les. Stamping of feet. aving of he women). thank you. A wonderful speechomas. A marvelous speecograph my program. ther, of course. Quite extraordinary, said Emma, mean? t meant I made a speech. Beautifully done, said thomas, are you free for lunch? think so. Julie h her handkerchief. A long time since Ive , sime, not since my student days in fact. ther. t, said thomas. Yes, said ther. Positively on tively speaking. t . Enough! said Julie. , asked t alone among ty I am not alloo be filthed? Because you are an old fart, ss must be notably clean of mouto mitigate tingness of being old farts. t his cable. Look o op, Emma observed. t off dorailing. o do it again, said thomas. t a rapid pace. tanding in a cleaving it in teater and ty numbats and t blade round and round rio of ouakaris and a spider monkey and a common squid. tc canding idly by c slauged standing of uck in taken by a fit set about tter and a and a tapir and a piglet. ter got t rees of to sep ated farusting s and a marmoset and t ticky corpses drenco a group of staring pelicans slicing t tern and a pair of ducks and a sing peacock and a dancing crane and a bustard and a lily-trotter and, from rimmed sleeve, sleoo and a ta in one draug of t a small iguana melted in terror against tree. tossed to titious cupbearer sousing tical unic to ts a fis slaying diverse small animals of every kind, so t ted steaming to t and to t of e step. A toad escaped. her said, looking pleased. See how many! ting the edible. See her said again. truly formidable, Julie said, to please y been seen since t, Paracelsus, Rogero, Artegal, Otuel, Ogier the Chevalier Bayard. Rather, for an old man. he green grass. Emmas gaze (admiring). See is, ther said, and how limber. a fe: quinte, sixte, septime. And now, lunch, Julie said. Sablecloting plan. I ed, in ts! ther exclaimed. temporary her. And I, relegated, traight look. Julie returned traight look. toe. Please release my toe. tinued to grasp toe. toe, eresting oe. toe. toe. toe. toe. A veiny toe. Red lines on toe. Succulent toe. Succulent, succulent toe. Succulent succulent succulent -- toe in h. th. toe fell from tched his forehead. You not rap t rap triking t nature. Striking ther is -- More grebe? Julie asked. Is tard? thomas asked. In t. roops fed themselves? Julie asked. the road. Cooking fires were visible. ting y, is ahead. is aher. thomas said. t are they? t is ahead. is peculiar about ther asked. t like us. ed ated it languidly, representing negligence and of-no-consequence. Dont like us? ? First, because s, a gigantic and strange and a. I do inspire ater time of it. Did I not once rule the ends? You did, you did, said th an iron hand. I rule them no longer? It is because you are slipping into tarry starry nigogetaken away from you in 1936. It ouch and go. here? Near to a million, at t census. here? ty-ting Edmund. Groan from Julie. t us c. e can talk about someteresting, giraffes for example. Or you can explain yourself. It is aleresting to hear someone explaining himself. Let us talk about giraffes, said tend to stutter. Of course I dont kno deal about giraffes. to be very intelligent. tiful eyes. tiful eyelasongues extend to ty inc mucerrific base of ttering voice. Faster travel longer distances at speed. Can beat lion in figs lucky. y to ty are not uncommon eacaining several males but many more females. thomas paused. Only old males are excluded and live in isolation, he said. I am offended, said ther. Again. t talk about giraffes any more, tead explain myself. I form, tatata. I y-less-one years ago in a great city ty in fact from ed you. As a neure on t to sc o keep in step to keep in step o ion as it is called and ed upon by a team of masked gos, top performers every one. It I ed up to t of ters and t, my convalescence ary service cs and strange climes, learning to salute and stamp my foot at time in t o me ever since. Also a certain amount of truckling, a skill t o me ever since. Also o make friends , a skill t et cetera et cetera. Also o dig a latrine Burton. Next, I returned to tional arena and studied one of t-of sciences, sociology to be precise, but quickly learned t I alent for it. Nnnnnnext, o be true to tions and prefabrications of my generation to be precise, I married. Oo farce to burlesque some . Oered and t I only once, nota bene nota bene. t I can only describ as vacancy. During t mucime c practicing stalls and an engine I could see ter to reenter ticular, I fitted myself into t quot;Nava; but t I am not a Navary. Pity. I cing. t of poacrout from government cly, sorry disestimable eem in ed, in loeem. I t some several years in a monastery, but ed for consuming too muc, a very fine cognac. to read philosophy. And w did peacher. It taug I alent for p -- But w? But I ttle p tle. It is good. It is about half as good as music. 8 A meeting. tent. Croigs, silver belt buckle e Sabatini s. rue gold-rimmed spectacles. Complaints of ty of t tter fed, in general, t tting into sion could be doubled damaging t plan for dealing ile ends? (7) Attention of t t come and talk to times? (10) t times dead trictly necessary, see contract provisions D, E, and F (11) truncation of t ? (12) of ernization erritories ed/straed tence of c is my birtonisodays ty? ting on c is my birt lengt, you are rigtering of tilts. tting in to tance ;O; Emma gazing at immense sively. to anss point by point. Pemmican good for you, c. Julie puts ao side of Emma. Give you a sful of sore tit. Give you a fret in the gizzard. I tried to tell you but you listen. tting nosebleed. ays of dealing you. Friends at best. People are frightened. t are not disloyal to me. Said t but I t I could keep the lid on. ake up one dark nighumb in your eye. Strung out like t along the hedges. Colder hen warmer. Since you as yet responded to my suggestion. Matter of paring doo a supportable minimum. ttle s into the game. Al just before the dawn. take it any . Stop being petty, stop trying to cut eac. If I pop one will you pop one? I mean wo be alive. is tivation? I cant remember. At otimes unconscious in treet. make you feel? Intolerably angry for s periods. Feeling is ant. You can lose confidence in your own experiences. Various circumstances requiring my attention. Sometrembling in the balance. a around here? Its all been carefully considered. ried any of thers? I just see wheyre friendly or unfriendly. A er s in arsaw. As a nurse. Yes, as a nurse. Sed. to suck. to suck. orn out your welcome. Getting very fond of you and your hands. ts my business. bad-looking. Its no mystery. anyone he simple decency? Its perfectly obvious. Probably we shis. ts one it. Unable to take any level. a spritz around here? ts my business. If I pull ttle ring, will you explode? ts my business. ts. Does it ? I can make it for you. Learning to put together. te vase o the floor. to smasried. God knoried. God knoried. Dark he pillow. I can do anyts not important. Very busy making ts. ill it ? Large piece of er fell off then. ing? Cold rolled veal. Did we ime? Scrumptious. ill it rain again again? Something is wrong. You must udied English. ter ening. Like trying to digest a saddle. ake up one dark nigh a kiss in your eye. t was in Barcelona. Rounded up as a work-s. Muctle wool. Ready again to send o die for us. Like sending a itute to the war. I re h him. Until the scaring bell rang. ? Until the scaring bell rang. ? Spiritual aridity y. In a symbiotic h bread crumbs. Did you find ting? Im not into disgust. t I heard a dog barking. Reels of 16-mm. film eacograping ticular motif or specialty. Until the scaring bell rang. ? Remembering, leaving, returning, staying. too many. Slept experience. he buffalo roam. In a bed. time to go. No its not. . No it . ried any of thers? made up my mind. Dog-eentober. I tried to tell you but you listen. ? Simple, , generous feelings. ts one it. Self-respect. Yes Ive . Yes Ive too its a very good t. Yes Ive for a very long time. Yes Ive for a very long time too. Yes I can take it or leave it. Yes once youve for a very long time it doesnt make much difference any more. You questioning my value system? Not me. You questioning w I swear by? Not me I dont give a rats ass. A little forest or a night of dancing. You can bank on it. Pers medical. Sometimes he smells medical. Nobody ever died of it. Ive . Elegant ting chere. A lady always does. Any artist will do. Cs. And talls ing sun-dapple. . . of t it. In Die elt. 9 I mind a drink rigtle something. I could stand a drink, said Julie. Remember t time you o her. Oh boy, she said. Yep. Sure do. Cob, said Emma. the road. ell, God damn it, I guess ter homas. o . the road. Julie broke out the whiskey. is it today? asked ther. Aquavit h a beer chaser, she said. oasting her glass. ow wow wow wow. Yes, Julie said. Its giggles in the sphinxeries. Quite good, said the beer helps. I like tuff, can I wo more? One more, said to cover yet this day. You are being stuffy. I find t quite extraordinary. You of all people. does t mean? thomas asked. Me of all people? elling everybody o do? I like telling everybody o do, t is a great pleasure, being boss. One of test. ouldnt you agree? o ther. It is one of t pleasures, t about it. It is bang-up, but mostly let people knoly ly ress to ourselves, in our s. Occasionally to someone -- lift a corner of t in order to certify to ourselves. Full disclosure is almost unhomas is being criminally frank, in my opinion. Emma t. Okay Fat Daddy, so dance. ? said ther. ; Emma pants burniso silver ws. Do you knohe hucklebuck? I do not. Emma begins to demonstrate. Parts of Emma ions. Amazing, said ther. I remember. Julie and tching. It is obvious t but for a t of fate I ime h full heaviness of hand -- , ts well known. Goatisill. Cops a feel whenever he can. Ive noticed. Prefers t grab there. Ive observed. And in terms of verbal rattentions, s, a dive in the ladder, and a goose-and-duck. And you replied? itness, as usual. Still hing. O dream of denying it. Auty. Fragile, yet present. . But remember time wwo-incime wurn your . uating myths. t happened. You dont appear to me to be overly or damaged. times oo brighomas. times oo w? Brigimes oo bright. ell fuck you, she said. ell fuck you, times ell truth. Sloppy, sloppy, sy monstrously unattractive. O I am taking action, am I not? I could as lottery tickets -of-fate t would change my life. Me, she said. Me, me. t. You and I, so of bhang. have a chew? Not nohanks. You and I, swo of us. ting on his fingers. Yes, he said. And Emma, s her. I look at everyt is in front of me. Emma is in front of me. t Emma. And s you, Julie said, Ive seen some gazes. S bad-looking, thomas said. But . A temporary fact, said thomas. temporary! Expectoration of bic). My God, Im simply telling truthomas. Viper, she said. I knoter soul, tractive. Measuring, are you? A measuring man. Julie cramming more o h. You forget time, t it. I dont like it. ? I put out of mind t . I do not revel in it. t you get to your the is. temporarily, said thomas. Oh you are a viper. A student of decay, is all. Julie began to unbutton . Yes, ts a een minutes or in t case, ty-five. Come crawl beh me. it, said t I cannot abandon find an absolute every day. You are an apprentice fool, s even a full fool, neverttle taste, because I like you. You are a lucky dog. to t t true. Julie pulling at thomass sleeve. t in his hands. as, he said. Yes no you mention it, she said. I will washem for you if you wish. Not necessary. I knohe drill. ass ttle blue square one. Right. Rougextured. Ive seen it. Usually damp. I remember. I could just put some bags on tment uses. Oh misery me. tively lustrous. Not too bad are they? Nine lines and a freckle, all immaculate. Noto be desired. t of. Could an Emma do as well? I dont knoo t it. Julie made a circle of tly on the ball. Anguishomas. It emporary. 10 Edmund talking to Emma. Beam of Emma. asream. Discussion of foot care (general). ted on ted by tree, smoking, contemplative. Edmund telling Emma t, all t. Beam of Emma. Julie and t, quoits, boccie. terrain features being cut doo feed ts ies. Edmund ie. t ie. t ie. Bending over spits rotating ted small animals. Edmund tapped on ty. Emma tapped on ty. Emma tells Edmund t understand. t to tap c gracile but ratumpy, fat, ster if co be tapped and fan not available. Edmund fucks everytatus of least-favored-nation, urns ices distress of Edmund. t tices o times best to do notly. tinue to is not racts foot. ts in tarfall scattering in t. Clouds moving implacably (left to rigage, totempting to insert ) betband of Julies skirt and Julie. Repulsed (akes tc in . t, o it. I do too. t is ;, 511quot;, 42quot;, and so fortc cly post. Alexander runs to to tinguis for , tucks orange tig) into top of orange boot. the ends are here, he said. to t. the way and far far up on every piece of high ground available. ell no you a pretty sight. Good day, thomas said. Julie lit a cigarette as did Emma. ell noend traveling more along this road? ith your permission. ould you be great ugly try of the ends? Only t th. e dont hank you. e in mind leaving passing through. Is it is? the end asked. It is ther. ts . ts . About ts, Id estimate. ty-two hundred. he road? iculated. No rigor mortis? None. t properly dead. In a sense. both ways does he? In thing. Is there an odor? timony, is all. Excreta? Monstrous of course. Does women? Not exactly. does t mean, quot;not exactlyquot;? ries but I restrain him. done? Rap to the forebrain. Does a? t answer. ell, does he? Not cannot be entically ignored. tain sat dohe road, cross-legged. tarry a bit, he said. t. teen. Emma. Julie. ther. t h a noise like land sliding. Let me tell you about t like others of ourselves. You are? Yes, said t he very beginning, we are. Amazing, said t accomplished? It is accomplises o our mothers, in proper legal fashion. ting on his fingers. You are skeptical, said t is because you are not a end. thomas. take my , said t is not more difficult tianity. t is, used to fat to pick at and badger us. e taste for it. In fact, ly prejudiced against it. t someto ry, even briefly. Some of rub off. Is thomas. None, said t you you seek the Fleece. t is correct, said thomas. e are not sure it exists, said the end. It exists, thomas said. In a sense. I see, said t exists, it lies on try of the ends. A problem, said thomas. You could of course figed. ts thousands. t ting ed follo Armored is o t. tes are over to t. ty-sixtion, I cant tell you roops. ted, o decide to fighrough. e are ty, ting Edmund. Your mote beautiful, said tain. t one and the dark-haired one. Very lovely. t mothomas said. Probably turally to most. if a little more dead? ting transportable try of the ends? ell of course if up and cooked, t quite a different face on tter, tain said. then we could be sure. Furto go, said thomas. Meet you boil him for a day and well give you free passage. Not a pot big enoug t of good faitoken of guaranteed non-contaminaciousness. A leg? said the end. . t s. But youll be closely ched, now. No hanky-panky. As closely as you like, said t I cant be ench. turned to fire. s t now? A little tableau, said t part, lie doiff as a board after. her. retc. t length of him. Anxiety of Emma, Julie, Edmund, Alexander, Sam. turn bundles of firewood. t leg, t o whack. 11 taking pictures of ttle prong. My leg is black, said ther. But functioning, said tulate yourself. You carved me very neatly, said t it. O homas, very persuasive. try is bumpy to a fault, said t of it. Jumble-gut lane, thomas agreed. t are to be precise. Fatructure of t all, said t. I can speak to t, said Julie. Me too, said Emma, for I kno it, and am tionless. A state of grace, pher observed. Julie began. therfucker, she said. By definition, said thomas. t . e agree, said t. Moving norttle button. Nods of comprehension. No does no good to maston. Its not an elevator button, its not a doorbell. tton s be mas should be -- Sopped for a word. Celebrated, suggested thomas. titivated, suggested Emma. No mashing down! Julie said fiercely. Nods of accord. tinued, is next to useless for treams of blue blood -- o do her. I talk about to talk about, said Julie, this is a digression. Indeed. ter agonies I s describe, . t;itquot; in a paroxysm of not understanding. t;itquot; o tie to. Like a boat in a storm. is ther. her? asked Emma. t tlike quality of ther. She is more like a grime. A grime? Overall presence distributed in discrete small black particles all over everything, said Julie. Post and grime, said things. ? For to ed tions, must t ernal reality? I am not just idly -- Are you about to cry? asked ther. No, said Julie, I never cry. Except w I have done. her. ho in Gods name -- t produces zombies, psycics, and is needed. Eig at t census, Julie added. I am not saying t it is your fault, o ther. Edmund ed. though lovable. I t, said thomas, he is an alkie, is all. is he doing now? the road. Sucking on o t her. Conduct a sed tand by your bunks and open your footlockers. Prefer not to, said thomas. Fifty-year-old boys, Julie said, ts anothing. Are you blaming me? asked ther. t, said Julie, grinning in ts and knickers. And Keds. is ther. Does to t to he answer. t to be old farts, said Julie. t is not cy. Or old poop, said t is anot to be. t very flattering, said to a man of a certain age. Stumbling from tage is anato t to be nuzzling new women wy. is ? asked tly reasonable to me. t, sly. Emma he road. Edmund on he roadway, she said. trotted to turned holding a silver flask. s in it? Julie asked. tilted the flask. Anisette, . And furto t is unseemly. Ugly. Nasty-looking, ting it. tormed off dohe road. o do it again, said Emma. Paint th blood. No, said t. t two bounds. Your sword, sir. My sword? Surrender your sicker. You igatorious, said ther. Again. tcching. thomas. You are asking me to give up my sword? I am. t t means. I have. Long and hard. Must I? You must. t it. Old Stream-of-Anguis hours! thomas. t his hand. he sword. 12 t to the shoulder. his broad and noble brow. Awfully calm, said Julie. Placid as a mailman, trying to be good. used to it. I il I attained my majority, then -- I never botty it, Julie said. Sometimes I did t times I did t cases, I s my eyes and leaped. A great deal of leaping. And yet in tances t tached -- I go against tmost trustes. I follohem. . Not a peep out of hese many miles. wigged? Look on t side, t . Its essential. A grimace from Julie. tain. ? Preserved from tagion of, I tain. I block on it if I ever knehomas said. Julie bit off a chew of bhang. And ty of trouble there. Nonsense. tely recompensed by treaks o tusc ter all -- a tractor could he job as well. tion een, tself, taut, angled, running from to y. ractor would r¨¨s insipide. Ctal). Before attaining your majority, t did you do? Scly. Sc and day, to of ends. I ayed angry for years -- t out. o get Lucius. o get Mark. o get a sort of t deal of care-of-t iful. It deserved care. Is beautiful, tiful, beloved. t deny it, it o tried to love t. Kept a all racked treet, in ty. I never fired alt to go off but never quite. tension of t exquisite sort. I t it dart, thomas said. Julie smiled. Often, to ter. It spoke to me of myself. Images came to me, from ter. Pictures. Large green la t t tanding. I am to tty. tures of infinite grace. te. For to ter all clot carry, get tard to so baso end ruggles. Drag o t, manage tation. Stand back, I say to tand back. tures eyes open -- no, t over my damp, glistening iful s my c;Red Devil Rag.quot; Standing ovation. triumpe. You left out Albert Sczer, thomas said. o patc here. At t moment thomas, holding a small box. A present, he said, for you. t is it? Open it, said the box. the box and found a knife. t is it for? Use it, said t somet something off. I spoke too soon, t reconciled. I . Punis is a t. I rifle. On t day trifler is rong cords and a of ty stories. On trifler is turned rigaff, so as to empty trifler is uned upon by a licensed D.D.S. s every otootop rooottom roractions to be mismatco t supplied. On trifler is given o eat. On trifler is comforted fine garments and flagons and ttentions of lito make trifler is confined alone in a small room ockrifler is pricked tles. On trifler is slid naked do razor blade to tockrifler is seogetentrifler is confined alone in a small room eilockriflers stitccts on t and left h day -- I apologize for saying you uating myto to come round to your opinion. 13 tain. tone steps. Music. Looking doures. Roed people. tars, ligures like seats opening onto t. t. to against edge. Lean back strolling on te. trolling. Julie strolling. Otrolling. Edmund strolling. tone steps. Mandrills staring. Pograpting in t. Slipping to against ter rolling. Julie speaking to tting on stone benc rig rigall old man in golden mitre. Acolytes. Rings s. t. Braces rig against outer or blanket slipping torembling. t slipping toain. A set of stone steps. tricately erior of ted brick, of blue and red slipping toting in tting at . t tcanding near ting. People climbing tone steps in pairs. Standing near tes te-painted brick but a stone is loose, several. Pressure against t edge, rying to toic and religious experience. trolling about t cching. Slipping. It is possible to fall here, Julie said. I feel it, said thomas. Very possible to fall, s a falling feeling. Are you frighomas asked. uck his arms around her. Arms around me, s is w I like. Alo put around you, always and everywhomas. Move up more under my breasts so t ttoms of ts can rest upon tops of the arms, said Julie. Not in front of me, said ther. tops of the brown arms, said Julie. tes of ttoms of ts, said thomas. they disengaged. Is t ill following? Emma asked. Still folloill. Julie moved to Emma. taken away from you. Yes. A certain butc inappropriate. ill you let ? o tell. Dominant tempo of our national life. to no-go situations. tricycle a bit in the evenings, now. Spent ime ting ttoms of women. Youto ts hour of glory. Like a pograpograph. Probably we shis. Gray day, gray day. I dreams. Be grateful if you could find time to see me. terrible temptation wood. he buffalo roam. I h oil and I carried a large flask of whiskey. o be a little bit tougher. t I heard a dog barking. In . tiny silvered I mine alone. A lady always does. told to her in a dream. ts your opinion. two dozen we roses accompanied by his card. I read about it in the Corriere della Sera. Its been so long, been so long. Free to leave at any moment. a baiser around here? Attending, departing, arriving, ignoring. a favorable moment. Fisepaper. Inching by dying by. Not sad or serious. It thing. ? It thing. ? Old Danish saying. ? Repetition is reality. I read about it. In Politikken. t a bystander is obliged to exert for an accessible encounter extends past civil inattention to tion of icipation. I read about it. In a book. Yes. Ervings. Yes. Slit your nose for you. Your many kindnesses and especial favor. Eats hey say. One o look at it. t I heard a hog barking. Joyous and joy. told stories. Faces? Yes faces. ? Faces. Somet faces. Alerested in faces. Im not into t. Forever and ever and ever and ever. Also possible to be a damned fool. Im not into t. Dont blame you I h. ? I h. ? Been so long, so long. Attending, departing. be a reason for t. ried any of thers? Follorack by night. ? Steer by tars. Extremely interested in tion. Make his ear glow. Fill his brain full of frisks. Must be a reason for t. possible for o gain a close insight. Glad to . t horoughly disorderly life. Sorry to . Covered ter. Ce butter? Yes ce butter. Its to confess. Ive it. Its sunset across the bay. Its pencil she wind. tried to get a . Give you a s in the kisser. I can take care of myself. No you cant. tomorrow. No t. ant to get better but seem to be getting worse. ts your opinion. Constant memory in the making. ts one it. thing hinges. Ive . So as not to o defecate alk. I can understand t. No us briefly reviehe kinds of. Been ing all day. She was vulgar. She was? Very vulgar. She is? Yes very vulgar. Vulgar to a fault. Really? One of t vulgar. Most consistently vulgar. Im surprised. I didnt know. t. Vulgarity everywhere. o o spend time h you. So fucking vulgar you believe it. Its red sails in t. Its moons over Miami. I didnt really mean t really. I now wrong. ere you raised in th? No. You raised in th ? Yes I mean I I busted out. Vulgarity everywhere. tablishing. ts true. I thdrew. ight. ts rigight. Years not unmarked by rains. I remember. ild and free and. Pray to St. Jude. And Ganesha. I really didnt mean t really. ere you raised in th? I ly in and partly out of th. feel? Foul. It felt foul? Yes foul. Foul foul foul. Being raised in t foul? ts w I said you hing? I t interesting part. Yes foreplay is t interesting part. Some people like consummation. Ive . But in my opinion foreplay is t interesting part. Its more interesting. t muc it really I studied English. Some people like to get it th. Yes Ive . Most of it is interesting if you are interested in it. Ive . You must udied anatomy. In extenso. 14 Alexander, Sam, and Edmund. Requesting permission to speak. Of course, said t is it? ell sir, said Alexander, some of thinking. Yes? is it thinking? ell sir, said Alexander, the men have a melancholy. Ohomas. hich? ell sir, I is than a sourness. are toms? igo, singing in t and s side. Not eacom. Most wo. Some hree. One has four. Me, Edmund said. Did I not double tion? thomas asked. You did, sir, you did, and eful. Yet -- ell he issue? ell sir, I o t. thical. Oh my. Local or general? ell sir, o be doin s a scotomizing, you might say. A w? A darkening of truth. truth and how darkened? ell sir, Alexander said, look at it t is t and all raggletailed and y and arnagled and June bein a bad monterprises and a bad monterprises accordin to tarcs and like t, is to say us t intustition t maybe t is not to come in terms of ter t czam tgun of kyotoadtop antrictrac interest, as ied by us poor galoots over many meters of but even a galoot o o rial after? official inquiry? court of condemnation? ? ty percent? in excess of t figure? and searcs as er luncer t for? can t t anding and for your and for your -- to put it in t form, we are dubious. An occasion. thomas rising. Your questions are good ones, respond by relating an anecdote. You are familiar I take it ime Martin Luttempted to s. I you to do a piece for us.quot; And said, quot;No y. No ; You turies all elep be in t get t, said Edmund. You see! t is! t simple. Error is al intentions in takes. t done rig t done. t clear. You must be able to tolerate ty. to do oto jump shics-wise. I e anxiety, Edmund said. ilted it. homas. is it? Paint ttle grenadine. Ill pass thomas said. You resolved our dilemma, said Alexander. If you could give us a statement of purpose, no matter cake back to the boys. e are period, t ting it. truck, as if by a t. It is, you might say, a rehearsal. 15 talking to Emma. Pink ation failures visible, blasted sumac, iris, pigue pants, green fatigue s. Looking very beautiful ther said. Oh am I, said Emma. You are a very her said. No no, said Emma, just ordinary. Just an ordinary housands. Not at all, not at all. Now I ime many a one. Yes, Emma said, I believe it. Some stunning beauties. Some extraordinary ladies. I can distinguis. You are sui generis one might say. , Emma said. Just anothe beach. No no no, said te remarkable. the bosom, for example. Yes, said Emma, t adequate. Adequate! a s like in ty years. Yes, said Emma, t passable. I to t of te of Gyrene if you ake off your s so I could see it better. No, said Emma, I do not t ent yourself ion of terior. t trick is Julies. I remember a bosom, t be a better bosom t be a iful, bosoms, all beautiful, eacs oalk of quot;betterquot; and quot;; its apples and oranges, really. bosom is t t you remember? tter. I buggering a black gang. A eam and grease. Some suggestion of coercion. Some suggestion of abuse of rank. And so on and so on. Sing ticed t robes. I ransfixed, couldnt keep my eyes off ain line, bosom under robe, I cant describe it. Makes one lig ts case on trictly on ts. Merits piled on merits. Afteroget as bad as Id been painted. I said, Oogetle, as I recall. Incomparable. taug of la all. Claudia. Married a sky diver, as I recall. One of t of airplanes and drop for t ing for to open. Finally it didnt. A ednesday, as I recall. I gave ed by tion for excellence beyond t was Claudia. And t o it? Groy, still beating ion t table, I appointments, in retrospect. Fretfulness of Emma. Adjustment of s, etc. Pulling up of pants. Nervous play of fingers about t. I am old, said t is; to s is under your s. ts not it, said Emma. then she changed her mind. t is it, she said. is ed. You are making me feel like the Congress of Vienna! Nonsense, said Emma, taking as good as you ever were. to bed s in your ear. Pos. Yes, Emma said, secrets, ts t part, ts. t part in my opinion is buying ture. Picking out toainless steel. tted plant. ter for t object. the can opener. Emma begins lacion (serious). the colander. her. I tears. Salad after salad. I am h salads. Dont cry, please. I am so good h salads, she said. I am sure you are. Only virgin imported fresalian olive oil. Sliced musitutionalized tomatoes, from a little place I kno. Coke, or sno, sprinkled on top along , pepper, parsley, prepared mustard -- Come to bed, dear salad-o bed h me. No I , said Emma. Pardon me for saying it but you are, you are, you are too old. t of the road. Dont do t, dear friend, said Emma, plucking at doesnt help. 16 Is everyone ready for the big dance? wo women? t o dance twice as hard. Edmund claims t dance. No, t is for ther. her. ther and Julie dancing. Edmund and Emma dancing. te. Sam upon the banjo. t;Immigration altzquot; performed. Lighe bonfires. Is t ill following us? Yes, still. You dance very well. Yes I do dance very ty well. ts kind of o dance his leg. No really I mean its very smoot to tell truterrible dance. hy? theres nobody here. Im here. Yes you but theres nobody else nobody new. Do you somebody new? I al somebody new. s so good about somebody new? he newness. ts a little insulting to t new. tuff titty. hy do you keep looking around? Looking for somebody new. out tations? he band? he champagne? he crepe paper? the bonfires? ishing else. do you to hear? Something new. Anything new? Anything new. quot;Midnig;? ts not new. I kno its pretty. Cant dance to it its too slow. Youre a little picky. I am a little picky. ? I am a little picky. I kno. tell me something new. Dont knohing new. I kno. ? here? I dont knotracted by the music probably. No t t new. t of dark and furry. Yes no I look closely theyre apes. Yes I see o be apes. One three four five apes. Yes tapping t to the music. s tune. Its t;Crabapple Stomp.quot; I al one. Me too t is t its not ne to dance? ? Do you t to dance, the apes? Ask t maybe too tightly. Ill take a cheyre new. Maybe their incredibly powerful arms. t would be new. Probably terribly. t oo Im tired of all you s-smellers. s t music? ts t;Carborundum altz.quot; I zes. I remember -- Look s scared of to dance. ty well, for an ape. place? It tee. ell it breaks tony I suppose. Yes I suppose it does t, in a sense. I the smaller ones are female, probably. Yes tly more graceful the males. Im going to dance h one. Leave me he floor? It will be new. Yes it I ts sliging to be dancing person alone in th an ape. You can er te your name on my dance card. I dont particularly to dance er t someone h an ape. Can you talk at all? (Silence.) Nothing? (Silence.) ts new. (Silence.) You apes live around among trees seeking fruits and vegetables? (Silence.) ell you certainly are accomplis pertle tight? (Silence.) ts better I suppose t in asking you your name is it all rigor? (Silence.) Are any of t at nig festival times special occasions or t t like it I can see t e of c youre not a meateater and probably it o get you started but ttle cakes and t t t sure its still called Kool-Aid may be just grape juice tle someto zip it up ouc matter it ion its just t o make conversation and its a little say anything. (Silence.) ell Ive certainly enjoyed t roduce you to one of ty s of zest and a good personality youll be surprised some people ttier ts not t of t on can I come on over and Ill introduce you oo just sort of sit t s better you do understand quite a lot dont you an amazing amount considering I o go to t leave you for a moment or let go of my some more I promise or let go no be a -- this is Emma. Emma, or. or, Emma. o dance t I can tell you and dont be afraid and quite ne. to dance. Julie says t so dance homas. I sa ape. Yes I ape or I mean ts not really suppose I just called . Did you to go to bed h him? Never occurred to me I just ed to try it, is all. Are you sure you dont asy of going to bed e close I sa. ell ends to ig ts sexual so muc to o everytigs to tightly. ell it made me feel funny to see you dancing alking to and you certainly looked like you were ime. ell and s and believe me I out for me just keeping tion going youve noto be jealous about notsoever Im surprised at you jealous of an ape music? Its t;Registration altz.quot; ainly knows his way around a banjo. Yes I didnt kno I didnt know he played banjo. I didnt even kno cornet too you s its only about eig s a lot of sound out of it told me amazing alent you find around almost everybody can play somettle bit. Yes I believe truments old me once or nine but ainly make a banjo sing I t you everybody seems to be ime w? Edmunds. And Emmas. s t theyre playing now? Its t;Penetration altzquot; I believe. And t I dont care, gives you a feeling of neo meet ne an idea of ives as it made a mistake and offered or some co get tarted. te benign one could almost forget about of it seeing ting ime trailing I t tard kno of different to to I suppose of his long years of. . . Ouc do you to get a little taste of somety look at t! t ape just knocked Edmund do a melee youd better break it up maybe ry to get t me see ty-twelve on a side. ell need a caller, t, t means twelve on a side. trio begins titanium Polka.quot; ner, t day comin, lets run it in the ground. Emma and or do-si-do-ing dohe lines. t dance I o! Emma exclaimed. 17-1 An outpost of civilization or ation. D roo back to back to back. C play on roofs. reets? asked ther. to be none, said Julie. Perunnels in th? Or maybe teensy- forgetting to gaze into they pass. It is Planning, said to aco be killed by auto. Circulation is not a big tander-by. man, t one of you, tinguis ted? een puffing and sing a puffing and sing a understand your table of organization. homas. terrible ne bring him in here. igued. e are fatigued. e can pay. Youll o deballock on t, said tained beardescules at odd points, sucer of tter? Ster opener? Fingernail clippers? , in a sense, the flophouse? tizen said. t girls. t pat¨¦. t beds. t cellar. t periodicals. t security. t band. t roac martinis. t credit cards. t table silver. t vie room service. t reputation. t fa?ade. t c carpet. t bat bar. t Dun amp; Bradstreet. t portraits. t bellmen. t potted plants. t as snails. t postcards. t breakfast. the good one -- Beto be little choice. te none large enougo attempt to accommodate your party, said t t of t but a glimpse of it. alking about you, Emma said to ther. ther beamed. en the children. her. izen said, be broug the fixing. I can lend you a Skilsaw. ; I to, said ther. to, told tizen. ell damn and blast, said tizen, w a rule is a rule. Edmund, thomas called. Edmund presented himself. o buy a drink or so for tizen of ty? t to me. tremble of op to bottom (visible). Edmund and tizen off to the alehouse arm-in-arm. Nos inspect tions. After looking at the bad one. Julie and tting on ture on th of Sigismur. Amazing o is a curious t understand it. I understand it, said thomas. Doesnt knoime to up, shink he is? retc. . I dont know. think. hree? the limp. the bed. a disgusting idea, he said. t you gave er you off? Purely practical. aggers better . e have ends in view. So we do, she said, so we do. A knock on the chamber door. side the door. Shall we answer? Julie asked. he voice called again. s to know? Julie sed. ter, t length. Do er? I knoer. do you , Peter? she called. I o mist t, Peter called. t us sat on table. Does one mist a cactus? Julie asked. Let homas said. Julie opened the door. Some people knoer said, and some dont. cus. ell tall thin fellow, said Julie, why are you here? I rangers. e dont often get strangers. I ed to give it to you. anted to give o us? o be a dolt of some kind, tto voce. ter said. is t? Peter attered disintegrating volume snest falling out of it clutco . It is a manual, be of some small use to you. On t not. Are you thor? Julie asked. Oer. I am translator. From translated? It ranslated from Engliso English. You must udied English. Yes I did study English. Is it long? t thin book. It is not long, Peter said, and at time, too long. then, furiously: Do you knoranslators are paid? Not my fault, Julie said, as my fault. Pennies! Peter proclaimed. Are you selling us this book? No, Peter said nobly, I am giving it to you as a gift. It is not h selling. us. Edition of forty, ed originally on pieces of pumpernickel. tion. e must give you somet can it be? You are strangers, Peter said. Your approval would be enough. You , said Julie. Ser on the forehead. I am justified, Peter said, for time being. I can struggle on, for time being. I am reified, for time being. Exit of Peter. ask muchomas. ion is not t, Julie said. ranslator. tomac the book. titled A Manual for Sons. t credited. quot;translated from ter Scatterpatterquot; itle page. to read the book. A MANUAL FOR SONS tRANSLAtED FROM thE ENGLISh BY PEtER SCAttERPAttER (1) Mad fathers (2) Fateachers (3) On c. (4) ther (5) Best o approach (6) Ys (7) Names of (8) Voices of (9) Sample voice, A B C (10) Fanged, etc. (11) hiram or Saul (12) Color of fathers (13) Dandling (14) A tongue-lashing (15) ther (16) Lost fathers (17) Rescue of fathers (18) Sexual organs (19) Names of (20) Yamos (21) quot;Responsibilityquot; (22) Death of (23) Patricide a poor idea, and summation Mad fatalk up and doing. Avoid tell t ts -- it makes no difference, tin cans and ttle is like a string of red boiled crayfiso-tail do of tin cans, serious impairment of t brain is present. If, on tin cans, spittle o distraction by tricacies of living o tilling tting your left s, say youre sorry. If t mean t t only means tic ts of abominable luster. Permit to enjoy trike tanned rig get to t in pronouncing ttitude t conveys, in every country of tand. Gently feed ts of leftover meat you are carrying in your pockets. First in front of t t it is, and t to t t t is for tly, t t. If t, t in bet does not get all to t lands upon (say) t ten causes to pop open and t sticking to to fall into t in tuality, you can do not muc listen, for a omp it, emptor!quot; t attempt to figure out t;t; note doebook t;t; and quot;yourquot; occur in irade. If ;ts in its cassock and flitter-te-omp it!quot; remember t o quot;stomp itquot; and t t refer to sometomp it. Fateacrue and not-true, and no fateac is not true. In a cloud of unknoruction. toug sones before it is placed on t is placed on trons are also useful for t nigy cattle, at a ful cer, one deepens t icker, t;bringing t; finally forget to clean your rifle barrel immediately. to find ie a featrao to tly after o ty liquid t, o a flame color, useful for uberculosis or attracting native forget to ive ely. to prevent feet from blistering, soap tocking eel ly soften t. Delicate instruments (sucruments) srusted to a porter ter along most carefully. For a to bray at nigo ail; it appears t ail cannot be elevated, t. Savages are easily satisfied e, dark blue, and vermilion red -- expensive beads are often spurned by te, bro after. Satanic operations s be conducted first consulting tionale. an at last appears to you, try not to act surprised. t doo hen -- Fateac is of value. Muc is not. Fatries are like cotton bales; in ots or jars; in ot of a film you do not . Some fatriangular eyes. Some fatime of day, spit silver dollars. Some fatains, and make murderous noises deep in ts , on tep. Some fatilled by pora arm, in addition to t arms fingers are elaborately o convincing replicas of beautiful sea animals, and some into convincing replicas of people ted as cs, some are milk, some teacers, some are exceptions, some are capable of attacking yet done so, ting for one last vital piece of data. Some fatrut but most do not, except inside; some fat most do not, except in teentury; some fat but most do not; some fater falling off t t most do not; some fat most fear, instead, urbate because t all, but are endlessly aaring at tures, whem. t encountered often, but exists. togets. t idea is to cy truck tires to t, one in back, so t tic small is all t to any is good for to be able to see, in tories performed, in a sequence peres long, of ups very far, or ac tires, transform itself into a serious t. Ambition is t may even be ambition for you, in off t-in-diameter, bro t , I judged. at a net supported by a steel ring but t tom, t t ain to place t. tility of saddened me, but te emotion. t all leaping fat leaping itself. I prefer to keep my feet on tuations out from under me, by tunneling fatter is usually piebald in color, and supremely notable for iousness. t o approaco you, of ting ing along t, ime to run, to make reservations for a fligo anotry. to Rukmini, t country virgin corn gods oget of ruby c, t Rukminian er, and in some knoo us produce offspring. tizens are greeted ificates of into try, and tages recorded upon a great silver bos peeled a not paneling of the paneling is wounded in a hundred places. I kneo tories. tories accept angry or sulking co and most amiable fats of calcium candy and told teresting and funny stories, and led t;tall sons,quot; ;are best.quot; Once a year tories sent a little blue van to Yss house. thers are named: Aalbiel Aariel Aaron Aba Ababaloy Abaddon Aban Abathur Abbott Abdia Abel Abiou Achsah Adam Adeo Adityas Adlai Adnai Adoil Adossia Aeon Aeshma Af Afkiel Agason Agwend Albert Faterribilit¨¤ of its o, lime seet, or batsong. tter your glasses. Some fatetcetc is understood t fat robed in tenors, tinsmit-fig are salesmen. Many fat , or by someone elses careful design, or by simple clumsiness on someones part. Nevertent -- is often among t tactful, ligiful of faty-seven times, it is o give loatly cormy nigo remind -- action in tlantic. Many fatouco exts to be studied, generation after generation, to determine ext-fathers are usually bound in blue. trument of t terrible pertinaciousness. Sample voice A: Son, I got bad ne understand t of it, cause youre only six, a little soft in too, t fontanelle never did close properly, I delay it no longer, son, I got to tell you t no malice in it, son, I to go to sc socialized. ts turnin pale, son, I dont blame you. Its a terrible t t is. ed socialize you t stand to c, its t dreadful. And your motoucive, son. e dont to s going to be miserable, son, but you . And I kno do anyto make us sad, your mot run as eittle face is pitiful. Son, just let you roam treets like some kind of crazy animal. Son, you got to get your natural impulses curbed. Youve got to get your corners knocked off, son, you got to get realistic. to vamp on you at t sco tear up your ass. to learn you o t your letters tters and your figures, your verbs and all t. Your mot it oo painful for your moto meet tick, son, tick going to o you and say o learn about your country at t sciful for spacious skies. to lay just a raft of stuff on you at t scion you not to resist, it aint appreciated. Just take it as it comes and youll be fine, son, just fine. You got to do rig to be realistic. t sc one of em er your lunc dont give em your lunc it in your s you tell em t it. t ter c for todian, son, like ed to be president of a bank. . Its made c for t sap c for teacc for ongue, itll cut you. S a bad mout balk . I got not t doin ts tter do t can. ere rigtin your sports ts and your blood sports and c for ted man, some say a sadist but I dont kno t. You got to develop your body, son. If t take not sc to you, do in on me tell you bout t sc told to do it. ts told to do it. Me and your motold to do it. Be! Youll be fine t fine. s tter be t to go and see t you an ice cream, son, and make sure you get your sprinkles. Go give ter, son. And hurry back. 17-2 B: s you and me go out and t to go out and t to go out and t to go out and ts cause you. . . Lets dont discuss it. It dont bear t. ell lets see, you dont to go out and tio. You to io? Sure you do. Sure you do. e gonna io t it finisreet are just about gonna fall out you ime I you to raig you to straig aint difficult, any idiot can do it. A nigger can do it. ere gonna stick it to treet, to come, boy, ts on a sign one time, FLEE FROM tO COME. Crazy guy goin doreet O COME, it tickled me. ent round for days sayin it out loud to myself, flee from to come, flee from to come. Couldnt get it outa my alkin bout God ts s all about, God, see boy, God. Its t try and a s dont talk about it, gets me all pissed off. It fries my ass. Your mot s, see, and of course your mot s a little bit ape on t discuss it. S mine, discuss it. Stle bit ape on t see, I dont blame . ts t straigs better. No form d you do kid find t me anot stand a minute it. Noraig form. Not t al. You ts rigc one, looks like a L. Like t mot ts so t square, see? Okay no in takes. StILL DAMN It. in takes ? still. C square? Noill. Still. Okay. ts got it. remblin? Noto it, all you got to do is tle bitty piece of one-by-six straiges and you go into a fit? Noop t. Stop it. I said stop it. No take it easy. You like io, dontc t in out reet in. From green envy. Flee from to come, boy, flee from to come. he he. C: e. I you and me to tle talk. Youre turnin pale. urn pale alk? You delicate? Pore delicate little flo, youre a man, son, or you got to do rigs to talk to you about. No do comic book and come on over by me. Sit rigable. Noable? Good. Son, I to talk to you about your personal s. Your personal s. e aint never talked about your personal s and nos time. I been cs are admirable. Yes t admirable. I like t to to you. And I like teet, in t direction, and you brus. Youre goin to gonna o lay out no money to get your teets a blessing and , s to o one little ttle t puzzles me. I been studyin bout it and I flat dont understand it. ime en-ty, ten-forty, noteen minutes varies. I been noticin. ternoon back in ter supper and before you go to bed and sometimes you get up in t and go on in ttle prick, your little prick, cept you a stle prick and besides you leave t kids close to play tle pricks but you leave it open. So I see you in t youre doin, youre and son, you spend bout ters of your le bit strange about t, son. It aint natural. So to knoion? ell, can you? anyto say on t? ell, ter? Youre just sittin t you got to say for yourself? s tion? No do you no good to start cryin, son, t dont op crying. I said stop it! Im goin to op cryin. No t out. te. No it out. Goddamn baby. Come on no a to talk to you some more. as dont do t ot back in quick. I to talk to you bout bumpin your ill bumpin your to sleep. I dont like it. Youre too old to do t. It disturbs me. I can o bed, bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump. Its disturbing. Its monotonous. Its a very disturbing sound. I dont like it. I dont like listenin to it. I you to stop it. I you to get a like to noise o read tever Im doin, I dont like to and it bot gets and I dont like your moto be all upset, just on accounta you. Bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump, figure you out, kid. I just flat caint understand it, bump bump bump bump bump bump bump. Duddent c c t rigalk some more. And dont do none of t ot es. Fat cubes, be climbed over, neit. t;past,quot; and very likely t of as t accommodating maneuver you make to escape notice, or get by unscattempt to go around one, you anot t) eriously appeared at trail. Or maybe it is ternity. Look closely at color and texture. Is t square block of marble similar in color and texture to a slice of rare roast beef? Your very fat try to draoo many conclusions from t and correct. Some fato dress up in black robes and go out and give as, adding to tole, and alb, in reverse order. Of t;fat; I s speak, except to commend tion and sacrifice, especially t;franking privilege,quot; or t male cer yourself: Franklin Ed desirable. If you can get your lariat around one of several times around your saddle rained roping to do, o plant feet and teps, keeping t taut, t try to rope bot time; concentrate on t. Do t tousk of a I recognized it at once, it s o. I am pleased never to t father. . . If your fato t be a king, but ain, in ed and surly to be Camelots, and tiers, to be elevated or depressed in rank according to test ;upquot; or quot;do; at a particular moment; one is a feating, one o stand. Of ter, but understand t fatly in to t sucimes, or earlier, before ty scimitar or yatags scabbard. ttitude tooad, lickspittle, smell-feast, carpet kniguft-er. escape to trees, genuflect, and stay doil daime o a sleep, and you may creep a been taken a cook ic and put it a case, you may suck your thumb. trusted, mostly, ions betribes, (2) as a catc rivets , and (5) for carrying one corner of an eiger-square mirror tys streets. Dun-colored fatend to s obstacles, and t a fat obstacles, and inual so grease. tnut-colored fatation for decency and good sense; if God commands o take out , ;No, t; ty-cnut fat-cnut fatandard-cnut fato t, ing dances, is being able and are employed most often ions, lync-sorrel fation: ent s of tions, tly be a blond-sorrel fat to take telescopic sigs mangled promise, and can s, sucimes ripe doo t of tail: it is because er Beauty, and tiful ripe, it. Red roan-colored fated for ba in fat is its os, paints, pintos, piebalds and Appaloosas dignity senses of smell. t an absolute guide to ter and conduct of t fat tends to be a self-fulfilling prop color ens out into to sell more goods and services, so t iny. Faters, ters are for dandling, and are often dandled up until teenteent be faced, is t t to sleep iful dauger all even , in a even delicious mistress is not. Some fat say quot;Publis; and go aers, and accept e after do not. Most fatly disciplined in tal straps, so t tion never arises. ers t;; instruction (t is to say, talking to t tive process) (but t often done by mot is true t a subtle rinse of desire may be tinting tuation sligting on your lap it is o knoop, it is o stop yourself from proceeding as if s related to you by blood). But in most cases, taboo is observed, and additional strictures imposed, suc;Mary, you are never to allo filto lay a e, ne.quot; Alte direction, toure, saying, quot;y-gallon drum of babykilling foam, ials stamped on it in a darker blue, see? top.quot; But tant t daug, as fat count. Not to ters, I dont mean -- I er-stories t oast your to ters see t exion, and t relief. t o teacend, to take a milder, gentler o all tives t fatem of a slap is an example). to say more t faters is beyond me, even ter. A tongue-las;eousness and eousness and urned aside into vain jangling and ealer and liar and perjured person and o ing and rife ions and into s and or of evil tentiousness and obeyed slanderousness and terness and an open sepulced and ed tted lears, and o s pressed by lovers clotains and rulers, desirable young men, s of y and poured ted upon tains and rulers clot gorgeously, iplied lords and rulers clot of it and under set empty on t t may be and may burn and t t may be molten in it, t t may be consumed, for ye scum not fort of you, your scum sake a t old you t; ty-teen are important. t important. t important. t important, for our purposes. tain fation. toucs are selltales. tes of mad dogs, and terest rates. is , on t emotional extravagance. tic Movement, s exploitation of tional, t, tic! ticed Romantic tendencies in several of aken to against terest rates. After all ric guitars uncountable! Falling, t, resolved not to err again on t seem to be doing so t. to do: ;dournquot; t o be in, s, really put o it, time. tant because ;; ; situted, as soon as possible. Peering sky ling, let us simply srampoline o try and catc once again on top of ters, in the garage. to find a lost fat problem in finding a lost fato lose en en still be quot;lostquot; in every true sense, locked aion of beauty, or in templation of a secret life. , leaving beable, a sealed laundry bag in imes temporarily, sometimes forever. Fatly lost on expeditions of various kinds (to terior). t places to seek t fats Land, Mount Elbrus, Paris, and tation in en lose t, broad-leaved forest mainly evergreen, broad-leaved forest mainly deciduous, mixed needle-leaved and broad-leaved forest, and tundra. t seen are caftans, buss, parkas, Confederate gray, and ordinary business suits. Armed isement in t, in Paris, on or about February 24, a broad-leaf-loving fat;, an, may be armed and dangerous, knoo ted tile exercise, you are to t ant. Do you really to find t if, one o believe t it , once again, flas tempting to determine is simple: Under ions do you em of ; Do you co t quarter of t century? I dont t ake t tend, to Borneo, to Borneo. Perem of, etc., but be brave enougo manufacture, t ting a belco trying to say. Beating you, eit, knotted ra empty c table. Give thanks. On tty bad, t me and my men got t, as bad as it mig colors, yello put a frigo t t quit, tars and meano some of t to t to flank t t some people over to prevent just t and my men got into a fire fig patrol, no oto do t employ a frontal assault, it took t continue to at time. e cleaned t, to t and linked up y broke off contact as I ructed and let t of it pretty s all. e turned immediately to task of bandaging our medics or uttered a sound, not a ook place at t arm, just above t some pickets til to urned to our o for t time. I t e rescue. ttacked lers, giant fat men in loinclotered c loinclotc men fled. I ;Genevieve, O; All ts gat, and some enlisted men too -- some enlisted men for a long time. t, in to t. ever terrible t menaces , t you are t. For a moment. t in your life you his way. traditionally ion of t quot;clubbable,quot; as t not most of time. Most of time t;at rest.quot; In t;at restquot; position t sers aprons, cs, or ordinary trousers. Actually t anyt you to sate, t times, resides in ots of tips, rig in ter, permission to see it. t sed, once. But only in tion is not present. Yes, let ouc (lig briefly. Do not permit o linger or get too interested. Be matter-of-fact, kind, and undramatic. Pretend, for t, t it is as mundane as a big toe. And t unseemly e, cover it up again. Remember t so quot;touc,quot; not quot;quot;; tinction is important. About sons you must use your o. It is injudicious (as o terrify t. C doing any of t, titillated by some stray erotic observation, suctractive female of its slipper, knoter: ter let drop. Semi-erectness is a otle kne is . tificers could not bear totles disapproval, and mutilated t t Peripatetic. tion t tilation by later (Cian) quot;cleanup squadsquot; is untrue, pure legend. tter is as I ed it. ted, mad, fully erect penis so ted it, for ion. Many ot tely described by ot superior to t because of size or sort but because of a metap;responsibility.quot; true even of poor, bad, or insane fatifacts reflect tuation. Pre-Columbian artifacts, for t part, do not. thers are named Badgal Balberith Baldwin Balthial Basus Bathor Bat Qol Bealphares Beli Bigtha Binah Biqu Birch Bird Blaef Blake Bludon Boamiel Bob Bodiel Bualu Buhair Bull Butator Byleth I kne Souto be a principled man and never, never, never ate any of ter ate of the children, one by one, disappeared. e t;responsibility.quot; First, t fall do turn into a yielding pit beneatunneling fatimes responsible, in tter). ty of t die, t enougo its face to sustain it, and t s protect it from tting air. t als ty eadfastness (except in tly, lives and groo a . Good! ten task, t of keeping taken ribe, ed o t t sless in jail. But iced t curl at t you? It means t you to name means t pant leg, and a baling pant leg, and is ready to kill you unity. taken aback. ation, is quot;I ctle snot.quot; t t to say. First, it is not true (mot of ten), and second, it instantly reminds Sam II of s not it, being no, not t eit being contingent e it, notice. turned to taken toget a definition of t of urned to t because t is it may be denied to you. transfers of poe ceremonies; top s are burned. Fat deal en t memory is more potent test movement, mental or p do you become yourself? Never, ion in your inner ear is quot;perkquot; and no fat by. Similarly, jealousy is a useless passion because it is directed mostly at ones peers, and t is tion. t is useful and important, the original jealousy. Patricide: Patricide is a bad idea, first because it is contrary to laom and second because it proves, beyond a doubt, t ted accusation against you : you are a tricide! -- member of a class of persons universally ill-regarded. It is all rigo feel t emotion, but not to act upon it. And it is not necessary. It is not necessary to slay your fatime ual certainty. Your true task lies elsewhere. Your true task, as a son, is to reproduce every one of ties touc in attenuated form. You must become your fat a paler, close study o perform t o, and calmed fevers. Your contribution be a small one, but quot;smallquot; is one of ts t you s for. If your fatain in Battery D, tent yourself tery. Do not attend t drink beer or sing songs at t of a mirror, for ty minutes a day. tie your y minutes a day, or get someone else to do t deeply your o do . Friends elepo backslide. You see ttern, put it into practice. Fat conquered, at least quot;turned do; in tion -- by ts of all of us together. Seems a little hey had finished reading. Yes it does seem a little homas. Or pers not harsh enough? It , as to o be too o be not harsh enough. I e relativists, so the fire. 18 ting of t. t. tion. Break your thumbs for you. ts your option. take a walk. Snowflakes, by ecumbleweed. Righ a four-by-four. bulging. I kno. ion indomitable spirit reminds me of Lord Baden-Po times. I kno. as there a message? Buzzing in t ball. Sometimes forgets and uses too many teeth. Pop one of tter. is tivation? I was suspicious of . At the launching of his now rapidly fading career. And in t s are roasted and s brans. tattering leat. a bang around here? Certain provocations t couldnt handle. A long series of raptures and otual experiences. he was pleased. Beside himself. Sometrembling in the balance. Codpiece trimmed he fur of silver monkeys. he was pleased. Feeling is ant. A gesture was made. You were his second wife? Second or ten. I put it past him. terests protected. Fill your face h bubblegum and suck your pacifier. Sa in a brown . Im not into disgust. t I heard a dog barking. oo rousers. Nobody ever died of it. orked them down over her hips. Sometimes imes ion. Removing of triumph a whole live chicken. bad-looking. Ive noticed t. e couldnt have been happier. Mountain goats posing legs togets. Feeling is ant. he room like? Gray and te. he room like? A s into tears. Long goo te and one cooked-shrimp colored. Sometrembling in the balance. Content to suck on a black tiptoe. I applied for more time spreading ts out before them. I thdrew. ould of my sigions hey are now. Its ser. ed you when you were younger. ts normal for cellists. Got ropovichday. Sed gratitude, blinked times. Mother. Printed circuits reprinting themselves. Did you let him see yours? I assumed a brusque but friendly tone. Probably afraid t s. Probably afraid. Got bethe shoulder blades. From sucions in ancient days ers. t like me. ake up one dark nigh a prick in your eye. ts my business. Approac idious distaste. ts my business. Years not unmarked by rains. tter a failure but I mailed it nevertheless. ts your opinion. Quite. ts my opinion. Cracked ure. Mother. Asked if I ed to play. I noticed t all of the pieces were black. I read about it in Le Monde. know w hes in for. Sender of t rain. Keeps the corn popping. told stories. ter ening. Carbon paper under tableclothe while. Knits the power grips. Eats hey say. the bone in my nose. I can make it for you. is your totem? t card. neat and you dont aken your cymbals away from you. Its a dirge not a dance. Stop being petty, stop trying to cut eac. Alo call anotiful. Definite absolute negative influence. And never does so if it is not true. a favorable moment. Some use camel saliva. teeth in dreams flaking away like mica. to suck. to suck. Sitting on some steps cires of parked cars crack. Ss of so many of us. Mandrills celligent eyes. Very busy making ts. Appeals to idealism. Grocers ol belts. Its perfectly obvious. I oniso discover t ripe in it. Its no mystery. A ferail. Polisubes carried by some of the men. Not sure I understand he issues are. String, quartets dont march very well. co a we foam. I didnt to join, particularly, but felt it, in t analysis, important. Not o be critical. half-a-scandal away. rickle-do on the brain. Blushed like a blue dog. Yes, after t deny it. You must udied English. ts one it. ig. Never got t. pianist. e remind every opportunity. the air. tings irregular. A truck or horses could have been used. ts your opinion. tch. ts your opinion. Elegant ting chere. I dont ts so damned elegant. alks along placidly ts. Remembering, leaving, returning, staying. Look at ts separately. Get an exploded vie. tea on then. the lawn! Villains from t, . he had seen. A boiled brain and a burnt one. Millions of birds ed. Darkening the walkers. to get moving. Outside brig on the snow. I can eat a good meal and look at a street. Youre safe h me. Sometimes a picture or two in a museum. Sometimes. I dont mind el rooms. Soldiers, s, naked girls. Playing a guitar. he plays very well. ting in a great half circle. the air. tch. Control is tif. hem. Is t a t? A vast barracks in very poor condition. Carrying off caskets of municipal bonds. ty fakey number. Because the worlds peoples are choking. Dead infants fiss. Blood Clot Boy, ater Jar Boy, all t. Stumble at noon as in t. town is, or shoes. rote things on her in colored chalks. o be scanning tive yet sincere interest. Sicker the opinion of some. Drinking vodka from paper cups. S of tion then. Even I liked t memory. Courting disaster. stories is selling herself? Said . Dr. Margaux corrected . Sometimes imes ion. t the wall. have some. is it? Potato. thank you. oo rousers. I applied for more time spreading ts out before them. A the love of me. ill you let ? ion thinking I would suppose. Except for rats and insects, woodworms and squirrels. I noticed a tall young man wo your husband. Got bethe shoulder blades. Psychologically punishing. ry to speak to it surns tion, yawns or giggles. Parts of hero all over. hem. Scratches her ass, good ankles. Anyt nature? he hair. tops of cars. Some o save tuation. true love affairs of a lifelong cer. Anyt nature? ake up one dark nigh a puckle in your eye. e c. About w? ts my business. then perhaps he regards you kindly. Series of failed experiments. You conditions. Animals in he esophagus. Years not unmarked by rains. illfully avoided gato myself tioned. And . tter a failure but I mailed it nevertheless. Its ion too. I o see icular bar. Very young hes. Parts of hero all over. Many of ted by legal or emotional ties. Stares calmly at somet distance away. Clanging his balls for us. Pop one of ttle lift. A ringbolt buried in te, ripped. Embankments serope. Not sure I understand he issues are. Do you ce or strawberry? Strawberry. Stra. ts your opinion. Get a one her. Pressure inually building. ts your opinion. Your ongue. ? An elegant way of disposing warning sirens. I dont ts so damn elegant. Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Riding two-legged horses. Gimping off into ture. armly refused on all sides. File after file of heir heads knocked off. You and I talked about this once. t fortrong men a beef properly cooked over the flames. t one ttle rule. Regarding tred. to partake of ty. a pop around here? Everyone ic. ual drudge restless in s. bad-looking. t. tears some meat from and puts it on a bun. Youre safe h me. If t you believe you are wrong. Dejected looks, flaggy beards, singing in troubled h wind. Everyone is very entic. Darkening the walkers. Poring over diaries and memoirs for clues to t. Most people conceal skill. Not getting anyw making any progress. God may surprise me. Outside t sunlighe snow. Stumble at noon as in t. tomorrow. t a favorable moment. Old coins, statues, rolls, edicts, manuscripts. Colder hen warmer. Not getting anyw making any progress. Control is tif. t and splashes. Po. . . 19 Nine oclock? ten oclock. I o ten oclock. about eleven oclock? I t me look in my book. She looked in her book. Eleven oclock, ting a note in rees? Under tars, said thomas. trees, said Julie, looks like rain. If no rain, tars, said trees. Or t and dripping. Mulchy. are you arranging? asked t be an assignation? Not, dear old soul. to the ground. But I so er! ire of it. thornas began singing, in a good voice. topped ch. t is one I like, he sleeve of his golden robe. For the glo-ree, for-EVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV-er. . . t is one I like, said t one. topped singing. By t me . her. Ill take care of it for you. I can take care of my o. Many people lose or carelessly misplace ts, take care of it for you. Very kind of you but not necessary. A lost or misplaced passport is a very serious matter. Many people are extremely careless s especially older people. Ive al. Especially older people ful, a concomitant of advancing age. Are you suggesting Im becoming senile? Gly look of ther. O senile. Not for a moment. I just t it migter if I took care of your passport. e are crossing frontiers and all t. Let me . No, said t. I kneopped by t a certain border, find or locate . t tation, frantic, digging tcases, patting , turning out s, and to tolerance of turning into impatience, oting beed loafers and jeerers loafing and jeering. Not to mention members of y nervously drumming fingertips on every available surface. tire group o turn back and return to point of origin, all because t o take care of . t. ts bent. Inspection of passport in which sundry creases were seeable. Only a little bent, said ther. t is ty strictly speaking of t and t be bent, even a little. A bent passport makes suspect tence of t holder. I dont like ther. ? asked Julie. , dear old man, dont you like? You are killing me. e? Not in any sense we. Inexorable processes. Inexorable inapplicable in my case, said ther. hopefully. quot;; cannot be used in t ically, said thomas. You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in tude of our care, Julie said. t? tude t is to say mild gentleness of our care. I am surrounded by creepy murderous pedants! ted. Unbearable! the pornographic comic book. Nos. Read t will keep you occupied. I dont to be kept occupied, said t occupied. I to participate! Not possible, said t t. Sit t t rock. t is given to you. Oto place bet to read tine at ten. Count your blessings. trees. tars. Eacree bear bescent. thomas lying on his back, cruciform. Julie prohe edges. Julie kisses inside of t leg. tion A. Julie kisses th. tion A. Julie back on ween her legs. tching Julies hand. Glistening in tween Julies legs. Slig of Julies stomach. tco see). Julie kissing underside of tick. Cockalorum standing almost straig a bit of wavering. Julie licks. Pleasure of t of thomass hips. Julie ligte. tion A. Julie smokes looking at thomas. Julie smokes ween her legs. Various movements on t. trying to see. Julie smokes. Offers cigarette to thomas. takes cigarette betwo puffs. Julie removes cigarette. ween legs. Julie smokes looking at thomas. tion A, as per t. Julies ween her legs. taring at Julies hand. Various movements on t -- lurcly. One of Julies legs in the air. Julie remaining just out of t. t at 90 degree angle (rougo thomas. Julie sucks. tc ing t. Julies breasts dipping t, as she sucks. tares at breasts, straining and craning. Julie stands and moves second finger bet thomas. thomas makes sucking sounds. Julie kneels astride t leg, and rubs. Again and again and again. Julie offers fingertips to thomas, who licks. Julie attends to t a 90 degree angle (rougo thomas. Julie lies on one elbowelve incween her legs. taring at tocks, stomach muscles. In-and-out of Julies stomacween legs, eyes closed. tion A. One of Julies legs he air. Julie stands and ts. Presenting greens to tree. takes cabbage tree in ree as dildo. taring at Julies face. tion A, so as not to violate t. Julie attends to tricks for a long time. Julie turns arsy-versy all cockalorum-kissing. t to lick. homas. happiness of Julie. Movement of Julies buttocks, to t, to t, and so on. A s aria of tes. And so on and so on and so on and so on. time is it? asked Julie. Almost one, said thomas. her? Almost ty-four most. Julie began to cry. 20 t bound in blue paper. is it? Read it, thomas said. It was a will. It is a her said, whose? e t it best t you take tion, tely prepared. I dont to make a her. No one s to make a ill it is a prudent step t you ougo take, in your wisdom. My e. Unmatcill, I dont to make a will. Prudence and rongest suits, thomas said. Das do it. Im too young. to the sky. Of course its entirely up to you, o leave your affairs in rotten mistersome disarray. . . Im too young! ther said. Of course you are, said t t may pop at any time. I ified it. Runs up t leg and er it leaves tential embolisms menace it. I dont to frig you get ture. By t, t. ting exed patience and disinterested pursuit of . to? thy? I sion. t step is tory. Can you give me some idea of ate consists of? Vast, said t my steward. Your stehomas. Luke? Luke gone? On wy? It best, thomas said. ter things? I believe homas said. But ilfred is not Luke, ther said. Best all as to the size of your holdings? O notebook. Youre taking this down? thomas nodded. t. Various lands in Saxony, he read aloud. ts rathomas said. Um, said turbed, so it is. Let me continue. Certificates of deposit totaling -- totaling homas. te and distinct figures otal listed, said to be quite large, could one add it. urned a page. A nut-broerpies. My ravens. A parcel of rental properties. Eleven rogue eleps. One albino. My cellar. ttles more or less. Lito be sion, nine tems. My sword. Your sed. My s I y. My second-best s. A field of floside Darmstadt. rinklefloing srait busts of myself by ic literature. Cycladic figures to teen. My gouges: traig bent gouge, long bent gouge, V gouge, U gouge, 5/32quot; gouge, 3/8quot; gouge. Four skeen records. My t rocking c. to w? Do you it? ? thomas asked. Parade it. al dinners. Fold and unfold tiers. Puso the Punjab. Let us table tion, for time being, said there more? Muc let us lump it toget;incidentals.quot; Do you Regina? Never t. Also I am a ness and a ness cannot be a beneficiary. I do not from transaction in any way. I only wiso idy. tidy, said t a ting it. Julie ness and Emma ness and one of tary. I s in trust for itself, said t sake care of it. he form? Yes, t? Read it. quot;trust is created upon tanding t todian, or transfer agent of any sy o see to its proper administration. . .quot; ts t begins? No, it begins ;; Im reading you t t doesnt sound right. Read on. quot;. . . and t upon transfer of t, title, interest in and to sucrustee odian, or transfer agent sreat transferee as t t any sy -- quot; t, for example, said ther. quot;... sributable at any time under terms of said sodian, or transfer agent is fully auto pay, deliver, and distribute to ee y to see to tion t; he paused. Good deal of paragrap? Paragrapter. quot;I o myself t --quot; Yes, said t better. quot;During my lifetime --quot; No, said t like it better. Lifetimes and deat . Yes, said ts like, being reminded. You need not botails, tected, I assure you. to do is sign it. Im too young. And we? I care not a hing. Edmund, said ther. Edmund? , said t s. Edmund? I her. As you ell it very slo will kill him. Parcel t bit by bit, said the napkin rings. tnesses for the ceremony. tary said: Do you identify t as your Last ill and testament, do you o be so regarded, and of your own free will? Yes, said t of. ? asked tary. More or less yes, said ther. ell yes or not yes? It was yes, I guess. tary looked at thomas. I ;yes,quot; said thomas. tary said: And ed t tness your signature and make an affidavit concerning your execution of this ill? I her. tnesses tified t as ill and testament and stated t to be so regarded? homas, Julie, and Emma. in your presence and did t time appear to be of sound mind and legal age and free of undue influence? as ? Strictly speaking? A mind of much is clear. I always liked him, said Emma. ill tnesses respond to tion? Yes, said tnesses, he has and did. ures? e have. tary, whe brandy? thomas poured brandy for all hands. tary said to t step. Prudent, prudent. Rage of ther. Prudent is s! 21 You ther. So we have, said Julie. it regard for your o. Your os. Of wless many. You have labored on and on and on and on. For me. t is the case, said Julie. of yourselves? Your two lives? In w sense, w? purpose? entelec is all over? Julie looked at thomas. is all over? thomas shook his head. Id rat ans question if you dont mind, she said. ? I an answer. I kno, ther said. One o ansion of t kind one. One would. Disagreeable not to elligible to all. I can imagine. Could be anserms of terms of ually doing. Boterest. Ugh! said Julie. I spooked you. Id say you rather have. Older people dont really like younger people, ther said. A person on he group. It is t one who has been following us, said Julie. I wonder w is, said Emma. I kno is Mother. ted. Motting on the horse. Motore. Yes, Mother said. A ten-pound bag of flour. the unbleached. Mother produced a pencil and an envelope. ten-pound bag of the unbleached, she said. e need garlic, bacon, tonic er, horseradish, cloves, chives, and chicory. Garlic, bacon, tonic er, horseradish, cloves, chives, chicory. e need cigarettes, cons, and cney. Cigarettes, cons, cney. e need eggs, butter, peanut oil, vermouth, beef bouillon, and barbecue sauce. Eggs, butter, peanut oil, vermouth, beef bouillon, barbecue sauce. e need scouring poons, and tennis balls. Scouring poons, tennis balls. Is t it? ts it. Very her said. ther. Mot and rode away. I dont remember was her name? me have your keys, please. My keys? Yes let me have your keys. I need my keys. Let me hem, please. it my keys I cant open anything. I hem safe for you. to open and close. Lock and unlock. S and uns. Start and stop. I hem safe for you. I feel very uncomfortable my keys! ther said. t stormy Monday but tuesdays just as bad, thomas said, your keys. thomas his keys. 22 AndI. EndI. Great endifarce teeterteeterteetertottering. illit urt. I reiterate. Dont be cenacle. Conscientia mille testes. And noat molem and I ed to doitemente. Ois, AndI. Patiqularly t and date to end all. Andl understand but list, list, lets go back. to tbedding. to t like t of tterpatter. I reiterateamp;reiterateamp;reiterateamp;reiterate, pitterpatter. Remember some old Papsday ions presenting tuscumque, Im a jollygood jollygood, pip of a pap, loved and rererespected by all. Endjoying tente tlecooking t Papsday and bonfiring and bellringing and carnalvailing, AndI to to AndI in t rigly reiteratingandreiteratingandreiterating. tions mumbling somet maidens, Old AndI not so interested in maidens as formerly. Quantum mutatus illo! seriouslyno I so maidenminded as formerly but as a gesture in tion of custom and tradition and antly accept ex abundantia one assel nil consuetudine majus and one s and one of cetera et cetera et cetera total of forty-four for Papsmearing t Papsday. to my couc eve all lovely and giddygay and roaratorious and tum-tickling AndI paprikaed many papooses t nig I never figured out figured out sort of animal AndI . I reguarded my decisions and dispositions but t timeto timeto timeto. Endmesanglements. t made t gray and monuments move back and fort and day on t made te on trees and y meant and stop and trapped in tapestries, t AndI dealt out 1,856,700 slaps gonna ya. Im not gonna ya unless you force me to it. Little cocksucker. Ceaselessly niged it it upon me. Feckless endangerment. Not a . Reiterateandreiteratettotofmykno I could like my AndI before me palmam qui meruit ferat. It could . Could . Coastered along goodguying tle stle malmseyamp;popsicle place. Endeavoring to meet ends. to tis. Eno to undertake t. Lets y. Pap in on a fe understand! Dont it! Fallo fallere fefelli falsum! My broad domainasteries! Pitterpatter. testgoodoftestnumber e, insofarasitobeso. Best I cud I did! Absolutely! No dubitatio about it! Dont like! Dont ! Pitterpatter oterpatter 23 to a large gap in the cable. t, said thomas. is it? asked ther. this. tion? asked ther. Yes. Julie looking away. traggled up tion. is to be builded here? Nothomas said. is, ther observed. Long enoughink. t the hole. Oh, he said, I see. And ting teers? iso pay ts, said thomas. Great anding about on stands. No Fleece? asked ther. t Julie. S? Julie lifted . Quite golden, said te ample. ts it? All tunately. But tty problem. As mine as yours. Im sorry. Quite golden, said te ample. o touc. No, said thomas. No, said Julie. Im not even to touc? No. After all t to touc? am I to do? You are to get into thomas. Get in to the hole? Lie dohe hole. And then youll cover me up? t over ting. Youll bury me alive? Youre not alive, thomas said, remember? Its a o remember, said t to lie dohe hole. Few do. Rain falling on all of tanders. Emma o eyes. Julie standing . Just once to place my ? asked t request? Denied, said thomas. Unseemly. Julie moved to toring hes. My dear, s, lie dohe hole. Ill come and hold your hand. ill it ? Yes it will, s Ill come and hold your hand. ts all? said ts the end? Yes, s Ill come and hold your hand. ts t you can do? Yes, s I can do, Ill come and hold your hand. No more after this? Dont believe so, said the loop? togetorso. I really fooled, said t for a moment. I knew all along. e knehomas. Of course I her. Pale hopes. e kne too. Did I do it her. Marvelously done better. thank you very much. tside t. It is lovely, said tion. And soon, h, said Julie. Sad necessary -- Oo be alive, t more. t wo, if you wish. tretc lengttering of black eart carcass, from the edges. Im in it noly. a voice, said Julie, I wonder . S and clasped a hand. Intolerable, t. Im in ther. Julie holding a hand. One moment more! said ther. Bulldozers.