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made her glow with pleasure, made her, suddenly, like a girl, con–
fused and grateful. Her face, however, at once returned to its condi–
tion of sober overalertness that was making Sebastian uncomfor–
table.
"Sebastian knows where everything is," said Angela, with a
special look at him.
Henry and Angela went out, and soon the other two watched
them take their daughter, wrapped in a blanket and drooping be–
tween them, to a car . Off went the car under the big arch to the out–
side world, with smiles and waves, and even a kiss blown from
Angela to Sebastian over Connie's head .
Then Sebastian got up, went to the refrigerator, and began
unloading on to the table the lunch that was really only the
preliminary to the big evening meal. Pate. Cheese . Salad. Fruit.
Sebastian and Jody sat together in this amiable kitchen, and , for a
while, ate.
"I've never known a woman so able to make her thoughts felt, "
said Sebastian, but not as if he enjoyed this quality .
"I'm certainly having plenty of them."
He said nothing, but poured out more wine, refilling her glass
without asking her.
"When, for instance, were you here last?"
"Two weekends ago . No, with Olga . And the child of course–
ours . Her name is Marion . And Connie was here too for the day."
She digested this. "You and your former wife spend holidays
together?"
"Well, yes, for the child you know. Marion has become very
friendly with Connie , 1 am glad to say . Henry and Angela like peo–
ple using this place ." Silence. He spelled out, "We have separate
bedrooms , J ody ."
"Naturally, since you are divorced."
"Not because we are divorced, but because lime Angela."
"Did you know that Angela and Henry were off for ten days in
the spring together?"
"With Connie. They went together to visit Connie's grand–
mother in Switzerland - she lives there with her third husband you
know. Angela's mother." He added , "Actually, Henry was only there
a couple of days . 1 thought he was meeting you somewhere."
"I thought he was too, but then he was working-in Germany."
"Henry does work very hard. Much harder than 1 do. "
Henry worked in the administration of some artistic founda-
