“she’saluckygirl，”fa

ysaidoherselfasshewachedleninago

herewasnoenvyinhecommen；goodnauredfa

ywasmerelysaingafaeleninawaslucky；luckyinhavingsharedwihbernardagenerousporionofhesavage’simmensecelebriy，luckyinreflecingfromherinsignificanpersonhemomen’ssupremelyfashionablegloryhadnohesecrearyofheyoungwomen’sfordianassociaionaskedherogivealecureabouherexperiences？hadshenobeeninviedohea

ualdi

erofheaphrodieumclub？hadshenoalreadyappearedinhefeelyonenews–visibly，audiblyandacuallyappearedocounlessmillionsalloverhep？

hardlylessferinghadbeenheaenionspaidherbyconspicuousindividuals

heresidenworldconroller’ssecondsecrearyhadaskedherodi

erandbreakfasshehadspenoneweekendwihhefordchiefjusice，andanoherwihhearchcommuniysongserofcanerburyhepresidenofheinernalandexernalsecreionscorporaionwasperpeuallyonhephone，andshehadbeenodeauvillewihhedepuygovernorofhebankofeurope

“i’swonderful，ofcourseandyeinaway，”shehadconfessedofa

y，“ifeelashoughiweregeingsomehingonfalsepresencesbecause，ofcourse，hefirshingheyallwanoknowiswhai’slikeomakeloveoasavageandihaveosayidon’know”sheshookherhead“mosofhemendon’believeme，ofcoursebui’srueiwishiweren’，”sheaddedsadlyandsighed“he’serriblygoodlooking；don’youhinkso？”

“budoesn’helikeyou？”askedfa

y

“someimesihinkhedoesandsomeimesihinkhedoesn’healwaysdoeshisbesoavoidme；goesouofheroomwhenicomein；won’ouchme；won’evenlookamebusomeimesifiurnroundsuddenly，icachhimsaring；andhen–well，youknowhowmenlookwhenheylikeyou”

yes，fa

yknew

“ican’makeiou，”saidlenina

shecouldn’makeiou；andnoonlywasbewildered；wasalsoraherupse

“because，yousee，fa

y，ilikehim”

likedhimmoreandmorewell，nowhere’dbearealchance，shehough，asshescenedherselfaferherbahdab，dab，dab–arealchanceherhighspirisoverflowedinasong

“hugmeillyoudrugme，honey；kissmeilli’minacoma；hugme，honey，snugglybu

y；love’sasgoodassoma”

hescenorganwaspyingadelighfullyrefreshingherbalcapriccio–ripplingarpeggiosofhymeandvender，ofrosemary，basil，myrle，arragon；aseriesofdaringmoduionshroughhespicekeysinoambergris；andaslowreurnhroughsandalwood，camphor，cedarandnewmownhay（wihoccasionalsubleouchesofdiscord–awhiffofkidneypudding，hefainessuspicionofpig’sdung）backohesimplearomaicswihwhichhepiecebeganhefinalbsofhymediedaway；herewasaroundofappuse；helighswenupinhesynheicmusicmachihesoundrackrollbeganounwindiwasarioforhyperviolin，supercelloandoboesurrogaehanowfilledheairwihisagreeablenguorhiryorforybars–andhen，againshisinsrumenalbackground，amuchmorehanhumanvoicebeganowarble；nowhroay，nowfromhehead，nowhollowasaflue，nowchargedwihyearningharmonics，iefforlesslypassedfromgaspard’sforser’slowrecordonheveryfroniersofmusicalooarilledbanoehighabovehehighescowhich（in1770，aheducaloperaofparma，andoheasonishmenofmozar）lucreziaajugari，aloneofallhesingersinhisory，oncepiercinglygaveuerance

sunkinheirpneumaicsalls，leninaandhesavagesniffedandlisenediwasnowheurnalsoforeyesandskin

hehouselighswendown；fieryleerssoodousolidandashoughselfsupporedinhedarknesshreeweeksinahelicoperanallsupersinging，synheicalk1ng，coloured，sereoscopicfeelywihsynchronizedscenorganaccompanimen

“akeholdofhosemealknobsonhearmsofyourchair，”whisperedlenina“oherwiseyouwon’geanyofhefeelyeffecs”

hesavagedidashewasold

hosefieryleers，meanwhile，haddisappeared；herewereensecondsofcompleedarkness；hensuddenly，dazzlingandincomparablymoresolidlookinghanheywouldhaveseemedinacualfleshandblood，farmorerealhanrealiy，heresoodhesereoscopicimages，lockedinoneanoher’sarms，ofagiganicnegroandagoldenhairedyoungbrachycephalicbeaplusfemale

hesavagesaredhasensaiononhislips！helifedahandohismouh；heiilionceased；lehishandfallbackonhemealknob；ibeganagainhescenorgan，meanwhile，breahedpuremuskexpiringly，asoundracksuperdovecooed“ooooh”；andvibraingonlyhirywoimesasecond，adeeperhanafricanbassmadeanswer：“aaaah”“oohah！oohah！”hesereoscopiclipscameogeheragain，andoncemorehefacialerogenouszonesofhesixhousandspecaorsinhealhambraingledwihalmosinolerablegalvanicpleasure“ooh…”