Is THAT whats been worrying you allthis
time?
No English editor ever writes letterslike
that.
Gordon mightnt care for Modiglianis,
heeuphemistically said.
Shelooked much younger naked than with her clothes
on. Youll find it in Lempriere, he said obscurely.
Their knees weretouching under the small table;
momentarily she squeezed his kneebetween her own.
We might sit down for a bit if we canfind a place.
Gordon mightnt care for Modiglianis, heeuphemistically said. All the wines
lookedimpossibly expensive.
You anticipated my thoughts, said Gordon, climbing
out.
People in the carriage eyed them, wonderingwhat
they had quarrelled about.
She had dressed herself in a very few moments. He
thoughtwith perfect confidence of London Pleasures now. The beef and salad were
corpse-cold and did not seem like real foodat all. It is hateful to have to borrow
money off someone you have just beenquarrelling with. His dress clothes were
excellently cut andyet unclean-looking, as though he seldom took them
off.
You dont think I go in for that kind of thing, do
you?
Notopulent, merely, but reassured, revivified,
reborn.
He had only expected ten pounds for
fiftydollars.
He fell back from her,dismayed, hurriedly
rearranging his clothes.
The taxi bore him westward through the darkling
streets.
In a verylittle while he would have to confess
it.
As well have the explanationnow as
later.
Not that you were expectedto dress at
Modiglianis.
I had just enough money for today, but that beastly
hotelbill upset everything. He wound her arm in his and started down the
road.
But howare you going to get home yourself? I hate
to think of you walking all that way.
Thetrain was full of tired hikers in khaki shorts.
They leaned matily on the brass-edged bar, elbow to elbow, lightingtwo of the
taximans cigarettes. She had dressed herself in a very few moments.
But presently the sun went in, the roomgrew grey
again, and they realized that it was time to go. And could you manage one yourself,
do you think?