SIMON is amazed by .  not a couple of nes. ecture and critiques emple University, tle by request over a formidable counter, no broacks. t  o almost notners   it but ed eel building s of glass block as its only de?sign flourisacked eig uary -- t-giving element, and resisted too. It ed itself again in to be said for being fifty-turning of tional day a great boon.  understand people ures. akes an interest in tuary pages of tions, tidy packages, So-and-so gets tra-la-la got seven. o be and is vomiting ratoo mucaxes for last year and  from tional $41.09. t t forty-one bucks and nine cents. Youd ty-five ts  about it.

    Dore is brusque upon ao t table (able, a slab of butcop of some cabinets ools around it) pale aken  gusts of enter musrudeau. t ers tly in tices a strange  avoid, cant prageous staring. My senses are being systematically dérégled, ively tall, Anne not so tall (but tall), Veronica again term. Breasts o side under t-ss  t Simon doesnt understand a tent sense does s ? t. Simon ually met Pierre tru?deau (at a ty-planning conference in Ot?ta a crayons  s.

    tempts generalizations. Dore is crusty, Veron?ica is volatile, Anne is a ions are banal but comforting, like oto over many years, arcecture is frozen music and art is a source of life.

    In t and?ing over his bed.

    quot;?quot;

    quot;Its me. Dore.quot;

    che bedside lamp.

    quot;s up?quot;

    quot;Do you ;

    quot;You mean cas;

    quot;I need a couple of ;

    quot;Rig;

    Se lace peignoir h long filigree sleeves.

    quot;Rig;

    quot;Let me look.quot;

    Simon gets out of bed and opens a book, On Adams akes out a stack of bills and counts out ties.

    quot;Its my bad brot; Dore says. quot;airs.  s. t;

    Sarts to leave, then pauses.

    quot;s your ;

    quot;s my ;

    quot;You dont o tell me.quot;

    quot;Carol.quot;

    quot;Pretty name.quot;

    tedly:

    quot;See ;

    quot;See ;

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    A: In t  to do tention. . Suddenly tor stopped to sing a passage for my fa?t my fatly botcened attentively, smiling at tor.

    Q: Does your fatuality?

    A: Not a note.

    Q: Did tor resemble anyone you know?

    A: No.

    Q:  did you do, after he evenings or on weekends, in Philadelphia?

    A: Just ordinary things.

    Q: No special interests?

    A: I erested in bo ty, , its really a very effective --

    Q: And w else?

    A: ell, adultery. I s  most of my free time. In adultery.

    Q: You mean regular adultery.

    A: Yes. Sleeping o someone else.

    Q: these were women.

    A: Invariably.

    Q: And so ts he evenings or on weekends. . .

    A: I range experience. today is Saturday, rigter I go to, ment. I needed a . So s ten, ten-ty, eleven, eleven-ty, ty -- on a Satur?day. Do you t know?

    Q: Its possible.

    A:  if sabs me in the scissors?

    Q: Unlikely, I hink.

    A: Stabs me in the scissors in an excess of rage?

    Q: Your guilt. I recognize it. Clearly, guilt.

    A: Nonsense. t man guards  man avoids anomalous circumstances.

    Q: You regard yourself as prudent.

    A: I regard myself as asleep. I go along, to me, turbances, one copes, t mean literally golden but golden in my esteem --

    Q: Let me play track s by Eche Bunnymen --

    A: Ill pass.

    Q: I also et offensive er Cronkite. . .

    quot; potent more ty-t of time.quot;

    quot;Maybe we could feed ;

    quot;t vitamin E is good for t.quot;

    quot;ts ;

    quot; if  poisons ;

    quot;I dont too mucicular vitamin. takes  needs and rejects t I read about it.quot;

    quot;Its because ;

    quot;I dont t ty-till y-t;

    quot;Per long intervals after amin E and nouris;

    quot;Maybe ing pograp;

    quot;Of ;

    quot;Potentially arousing scenes.quot;

    quot;You mean tograp;

    quot;ell I dont know ;

    quot;Maybe ially arousing scenes t are not pograp;

    quot;You mean like real life.quot;

    quot;ts ;

    quot;Consisting of ;

    quot;I dont kno;

    quot; ;

    quot;ts your opinion.quot;

    quot;I te  it, spends ;

    quot;I just tten ourselves into a funda?mentally false position  blame tard its just more to do.quot;

    quot;I sa believe it.quot;

    quot;t o. ts.quot;

    quot;e dont  to stress y or ;

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    quot; t;

    quot;I just t means   of loose ends and its nat?ural, I to pluck at it.quot;

    quot;I use Lubriderm on imes, t ;

    quot;Ive noticed youve been buying a lot of Lubri?derm.quot;

    quot;I s ting so  up about?quot;

    quot;I   expression since I ;

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    quot;;

    quot;ts an evil t, o ;

    quot;Beats me I  take it if ;

    quot;Sure you ;

    quot;an  a nickel.quot;

    quot;Not a perfect deal e ;

    quot;ell Ill tell you Ive never  many orgasms o give t;

    quot;ell if you  simple frottage.quot;

    quot;e w ;

    quot;As ;

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    quot;ere in some sort of ing room. aiting.quot;

    quot;ually?quot;

    quot;y-t;

    ONCE side tter tained rousers.  able and tters blouse on table, a bottle of De;t; tter said, and t;;  breasts, Simon t.  into tc searc to  in.

    Rob removed o t, Carol gave tter t;Do you ty?quot; Carol asked, re-doing the covers.

    quot;Yes,quot; Simon said. quot;Did you say anyto ;

    quot;I didnt t ;

    quot;Did tle?quot;

    quot;No, took it.quot;

    quot;I tter.quot;

    quot;O;

    quot; is seen?quot;

    quot;Fully fifteen.quot;

    quot;A ripe fifteen.quot;

    quot;I sa; So tc;I guess ts Sara;

    quot;O;

    quot;You  to jump tter.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;I kno;

    quot;I dont t to anybody. I kno;

    quot;Youre too uff even to try. to kno;

    quot;t total. As in, I totaled t;

    quot;You  t you dont  ;

    quot;ts not so. Any  to screter.quot;

    quot;You ;

    quot;Maybe in a state of nature. P a state of nature.quot;

    quot;Youre dumb. Youre just dumb, Simon.quot;

    quot;I didnt ter.quot;

    quot;S;

    quot;oday tell me ion of o lose money in ttle busi?ness. A client.   tle aristocracy and  tle as a s knoing ;

    quot;Youre c.quot;

    quot;It needs c;

    In bed,  asleep. Ss of iceer at him.