heyhadneverseenafacelikehersbefore–hadneverseenafacehawasnoyouhfulandauski

ed，abodyhahadceasedobeslimanduprighallhesemoribundsexagenarianshadheappearanceofchildishgirlsaforyfour，lindaseemed，byconras，amonseroffccidanddisoredseniliy

“isn’sheawful？”camehewhisperedcommens“lookahereeh！”

suddenlyfromunderhebedapugfacedwinpoppedupbeweenjohn’schairandhewall，andbeganpeeringinolinda’ssleepingface

“isay…”hebegan；buhesenenceendedpremaurelyinasquealhesavagehadseizedhimbyhecolr，lifedhimclearoverhechairand，wihasmarboxonheears，senhimhowlingaway

hisyellsbroughheheadnursehurryingoherescue

“whahaveyoubeendoingohim？”shedemandedfiercely“iwon’haveyousrikinghechildren”

“wellhen，keephemawayfromhisbed”hesavage’svoicewasremblingwihindigaion“whaarehesefilhylilebrasdoinghereaall？i’sdisgraceful！”

“disgraceful？buwhadoyoumean？hey’rebeingdeahcondiionedandiellyou，”shewarnedhimruculenly，“ifihaveanymoreofyourinerferencewihheircondiioning，i’llsendforheporersandhaveyouhrownou”

hesavageroseohisfeeandookacoupleofsepsowardsherhismovemensandheexpressiononhisfaceweresomenacinghahenursefellbackinerrorwihagreaefforhecheckedhimselfand，wihouspeaking，urnedawayandsadownagainbyhebed

reassured，buwihadigniyhawasarifleshrillanduncerain，“i’vewarnedyou，”saidhenurse，“i’vewarnedyou，”saidhenurse，“somind”sill，sheledheooinquisiivewinsawayandmadehemjoininhegameofhunhezipper，whichhadbeenorganizedbyoneofhercolleaguesaheoherendofheroom

“runalongnowandhaveyourcupofcaffeinesoluion，dear，”shesaidoheohernurseheexerciseofauhoriyresoredherconfidence，madeherfeelbeer“nowchildren！”shecalled

lindahadsirreduneasily，hadopenedhereyesforamomen，lookedvaguelyaround，andhenoncemoredroppedoffosleepsiingbesideher，hesavageriedhardorecapurehismoodofafewminuesbefore“a，b，c，viamind，”herepeaedohimself，ashoughhewordswereaspellhawouldresorehedeadpasolifebuhespellwasineffeciveobsinaelyhebeauifulmemoriesrefusedorise；herewasonlyahaefulresurrecionofjealousiesanduglinessesandmiseriespopéwihhebloodricklingdownfromhiscushoulder；andlindahideouslyasleep，andhefliesbuzzingroundhespilmescalonhefloorbesidehebed；andheboyscallinghosenamesasshepassed…ah，no，no！heshuhiseyes，heshookhisheadinsrenuousdenialofhesememories“a，b，c，viamind…”heriedohinkofhoseimeswhenhesaonherkneesandshepuherarmsabouhimandsang，overandoveragain，rockinghim，rockinghimosleep“a，b，c，viamind，viamind，viamind…”

hesupervoxwurlizerianahadrisenoasobbingcrescendo；andsuddenlyheverbenagavepce，inhescencircuingsysem，oaninensepachoulilindasirred，wokeup，saredforafewsecondsbewilderlyahesemifinaliss，hen，lifingherface，sniffedonceorwiceahenewlyperfumedairandsuddenlysmiled–asmileofchildishecasy

“popé！”shemurmured，andclosedhereyes“oh，idosolikei，ido…”shesighedandleherselfsinkbackinohepillows

“bu，linda！”hesavagespokeimploringly，“don’youknowme？”hehadriedsohard，haddonehisverybes；whywoudn’sheallowhimoforge？hesqueezedherlimphandalmoswihviolence，ashoughhewouldforceherocomebackfromhisdreamofignoblepleasures，fromhesebaseandhaefulmemories–backinohepresen，backinorealiy：heappallingpresen，heawfulrealiy–busublime，busignifican，budesperaelyimporanpreciselybecauseofheimmienceofhawhichmadehemsofearful“don’youknowme，linda？”

hefelhefainansweringpressureofherhandheearssaredinohiseyeshebenoverherandkissedher

herlipsmoved“popé！”shewhisperedagain，andiwasashoughhehadhadapailfulofordurehrowninhisface

angersuddenlyboiledupinhimbalkedforhesecondime，hepassionofhisgriefhadfoundanoheroule，wasransformedinoapassionofagonizedrage

“bui’mjohn！”heshoued“i’mjohn！”andinhisfuriousmiseryheacuallycaughherbyheshouderandshookher

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