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t lovely�察�spidery child of nineteen�察�as though brought in for an hour from the nursery and nettled by lack of attention from the grown´ups�察�had said�此�'I'm causing anxiety�察�too�察�you know��' and I had thought at the time�察�though scarcely�察�it now seemed to me�察�in long trousers myself�察�'How important these girls make themselves with their love affairs。'
Now it was different�察�there was nothing but humility and friendly candour in the way she spoke。
I wished I could respond to her confidence�察�give some token of acceptance�察�but there was nothing in my last�察�flat�察�eventful years that I could share with her。 I began instead to talk of my time in the jungle�察�of the ic characters I had met and the lost places I had visited�察�but in this mood of old friendship the tale faltered and came to an end abruptly。
'I long to see the paintings��' she said。
'Celia wanted me to unpack some and stick them round the cabin for her cocktail party。 I couldn't do that。'
'No。。。is Celia as pretty as ever�拭�I always thought she had the most delicious looks of any girl of my year。'
'She hasn't changed。'
'You have�察�Charles。 So lean and grim�察�not at all the pretty boy Sebastian brought home with him。 Harder�察�too。'
'And you're softer。'
'Yes�察�I think so。。。and very patient now。'
She was not yet thirty�察�but was approaching the zenith of her loveliness�察�all her rich promise abundantly fulfilled。 She had lost that fashionable�察�spidery look�察�the head that I used to think quattrocento�察�which had sat a little oddly on her�察�was now part of herself and not at all Florentine�察�not connected in any way with painting or the arts or with anything except herself�察�so that it would be idle to itemize and dissect her beauty�察�which was her own essence�察�and could only be known in her and by her authority and in the love I was soon to have for her。
Time had wrought another change�察�too�察�not for her the sly�察�placent smile of la Gioconda�察�the years had been more than 'the sound of lyres and flutes'�察�and had saddened her。 She seemed to say�此�'Look at me。 I have done my share。 I am beautiful。 It is something quite out of the ordinary�察�this beauty of mine。 I am made for delight。 But what do I get out of it�拭�Where is my reward��'
That was the change in her from ten years ago�察�that�察�indeed�察�was her reward�察�this haunting�察�magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence�察�it was the pletion of her beauty。
'Sadder�察�too��' I said。
'Oh yes�察�much sadder。'
My wife was in exuberant spirits when�察�two hours later�察�I returned to the cabin。
'I've had to do everything。 How does it look��'
We had been given�察�without paying more for it�察�a large suite of rooms�察�one so large�察�in fact�察�that it was seldom booked except by directors of the line�察�and on most voyages�察�the chief purser admitted�察�was given to those he wished to honour。 ��My wife was adept in achieving such small advantages�察�first impressing the impressionable with her chic and my celebrity and�察�superiority once firmly established�察�changing quickly to a pose of almost flirtatious affability。�� In token of her appreciation the chief purser had�察�been asked to our party and he�察�in token of his appreciation�察�had sent before him the life´size effigy of a swan�察�moulded in ice and filled with caviar。 This chilly piece of magnificence now dominated the room�察�standing on a table in the centre�察�thawing gently�察�dripping at the beak into its silver dish。 The flowers of the morning delivery hid as much as possible of the panelling ��for this room was a miniature of the monstrous hall above��。
'You must get dressed at once。 Where have you been all this time��'
'Talking to Julia Mottram。'
'D'you know her�拭�Oh�察�of course�察�you were a friend of the dipso brother。 Goodness�察�her glamour��'
'She greatly admires your looks�察�too。'
'She used to be a girl friend of Boy's。'
'Surely not��'
'He always said so。'
'Have you considered��' I asked�察�'how your guests are going to eat this caviar��'
'I have。 It's insoluble。 But there's all this' ´ she revealed some trays of glassy titbits ´ 'and anyway�察�people always find ways of eating things at parties。 D'you remember we once ate potted shrimps with a paper knife��'
'Did we��'
'Darling' it was the night you popped the question。'
'As I remember�察�you popped。'
'Well�察�the night we got engaged。 But you haven't said how you like the�察�arrangements。'
The arrangements�察�apart from the swan and the flowers�察�consisted of a steward already inextricably trapped in the corner behind an improvised bar�察�and another steward�察�tray in hand�察�in parative freedom。
'A cinema actor's dream��' I said。
'Cinema actors��' said my wife�察�'that's what I want to talk about。'
She came with me to my dressing´room and talked while I changed。 It had occurred to her that�察�with my interest in architecture�察�my true m�tier was designing scenery for the films�察�and she had asked two Hollywood magnates to the party with whom she wished to ingratiate me。
We returned to the sitting´room。
'Darling�察�I believe you've taken against my bird。 Don't be beastly about it in front of the purser。 It was sweet of him to think of it。 Besides�察�you know�察�if you had read about it in the description of a sixteenth´century banquet in Venice�察�you would have said those were the days to live。'
'In sixteenth´century Venice it would have been a somewhat different shape。'
'Here is Father Christmas。 We were just in raptures over your swan。'
The chief purser came into the room and shook hands�察�powerfully。
'Dear Lady Celia��' he said�察�'if you'll put on your warmest clothes and e on an expedition into the cold storage with me tomorrow�察�I can show you a whole Noah's Ark of such objects。 The toast will be along in a minute。 They're keeping it hot。'
'Toast��' said my wife�察�as though this was something beyond the dreams of gluttony。 'Do you hear that Charles�拭�Toast。'
Soon the guests began to arrive�察�there was nothing to delay them。 'Celia��' they said�察�'what a grand cabin and what a beautiful swan��' and�察�for all that it was one of the largest in the ship�察�our room was soon painfully crowded�察�they began to put out their cigarettes in the little pool of ice´water which now surrounded the swan。
The purser made a sensation�察�as sailors like to do�察�by predicting a storm。 'How can you be so beastly��' asked my wife�察�conveying the flattering suggestion that not only the cabin and the caviar�察�but the waves�察�too�察�were at his mand。 'Anyway�察�storms don't affect a ship like this�察�do they��'
'Might hold us back a bit。'
'But it wouldn't make us sick��'
'Depends if you're a good sailor。 I'm always sick in storms�察�ever since I was a boy。'
'I don't believe it。 He's just being sadistic。 e over here�察�there's something I want to show you。'
It was the latest photograph of her children。 'Charles hasn't even seen Caroline yet。 Isn't it thrilling for him��'
There were no friends of mine there�察�but I knew about a third of the party�察�and talked away civilly enough。 An elderly woman said to me�察�'So you're Charles。 I feel I know you through and through�察�Celia's talked so much about you。'
'Through and through��' I thought。 'Through and through is a long way�察�madam。 Can you indeed see into those dark places where my own eyes seek in vain to guide me�拭�Can you tell me�察�dear Mrs Stuyvesant Oglander ´ if I am correct in thinking that is how I heard my wife speak of you ´ why it is that at this moment�察�while I talk to you�察�here�察�about my forthing exhibition�察�I am thinking all the time only of when Julia will e�拭�Why can I talk like this to you�察�but not to her�拭�Why have I already set her apart from humankind�察�and myself with her�拭�What is going on in those secret places of my spirit with which you make so free�拭�What is cooking�察�Mrs Stuyvesant Oglander��'
Still Julia did not e�察�and the noise of twenty people in that tiny room�察�which was so large that no one hired it�察�was the noise of a multitude。
Then I saw a curious thing。 There was a little red´headed man whom no one seemed to know�察�a dowdy fellow quite unlike the general run of my wife's guests�察�he had been standing by the caviar for twenty minutes eating