tILIGains and arcreets, ty of blossoms and age-soft stone. Sometimes in tel. Sometimes, also, in a fallo ing da he yearless region of dreams.
Joel. somet ing it inal necessities, lingered even after airs. It umn day and t sliced betel skyscrapers. Ferris into t-door drugstore and sat at t to t overlooked t h scrambled eggs and sausage.
Ferris o aken place toemples and for an incipient belly bulge. Ferris raordinarily close -- but tion; ted for a long time, ayed as long as possible to be near o leave t morning.
Ferris pulled out o verify a number. urned ttentiveness. Names and addresses from Neals of Europe, a fe ones from ate in ted names, spraty ills: a random love, married no, un.O. in television, getting ric ter tarium no s range to t soo, silly girl, could die. As Ferris closed transience, almost of fear.
It aring out of te close to understand t, nor t lingered after she was gone.
Quickly Ferris paid to tood on ting to cross Fifto ts creet before aken ably. c once Elizabet;beautiful carriage.quot; Surned at t corner and Ferris folloention to overtake ioned turbance t t of Elizabet-strokes.
It first, after t destroyed er time, ainly . So umn day. Ferris running, o tel.
Ferris poured yet eleven oclock. in an armced, nursing er. morning for Paris. ions: take luggage to Air France, lunc. And somet telepory.
o call ime for self-debate. Cmastime, and Ferris a carving set o call. But as ed, listening to t tted him.
Elizabeto
day. ter engagement, s sed.
As from one engagement to anotill bot odd moments by t sometten. Ferris bate afternoon, often t Jeannine: quot;Jeannine,quot; ;I o run into my ex-range seeing er all t;
Elizabet Fifties, and as Ferris taxied uptoersections t, but by time ination it umn dark. tment h floor.
quot;Come in, Mr. Ferris.quot;
Braced for Elizabetonis o acknoep back awkwardly.
quot;tment,quot; tely. quot;Arent you Mr. Ferris? Im Billy. Come in.quot;
In too been acknoionally. Bailey was a lumbering red-e manner. ended a welcoming hand.
quot;Im Bill Bailey. Glad to see you. Elizabete. S;
t ruck a gliding series of vibrations, memories of table, brusnut , casual intimacy, t-flesably possessed. Ferris so meet Bill Baileys gaze.
quot;Billy, tray of drinks from tcable?
tly, and ;Fine boy you ;
quot;e t;
Flat silence until turned ray of glasses and a cocktail sinis. ition: Russia, tment situation in Mantan and Paris.
quot;Mr. Ferris is flying all tomorro; Bailey said to ttle boy you o be a sto;
Billy pus;I to fly in an airplane and be a ne; ;ts o do w;
Bailey said, quot;I t you ed to be a doctor.quot;
quot;I do!quot; said Billy. quot;I o be bot to be a atom-bomb scientist too.quot;
Elizabeth came in carrying in her arms a baby girl.
quot;O; stled t;Its grand to see you. Im a;
ttle girl sat demurely on Baileys knees. Scying back curls. anned and ook t . quot;;
Elizabetiful, more beautiful perraiger, glo on the family ambiance.
quot;Youve all,quot; Elizabet;but it ime.quot;
quot;Eig; oucies were exchanged.
Ferris felt ator -- an interloper among tary, a fragile column supporting not t bear muco stay in the family room.
c;Youre going to ter?quot;
quot;Its a s; Elizabet;but surely, Joaying going to be an expatriate, are you?quot;
quot;Expatriate,quot; Ferris repeated. quot;I dont muc;
quot;s a better ; she asked.
for a moment. quot;Sojourner mig;
Ferris glanced again at c;If only ;