Let him make his speech, Julie said.
Yesterday you said no.
I erday. today I am in a fairer mood.
ts interesting, t?
I ignore sense data, s him make his speech.
turned to ther.
ould you like to make your speech now?
I pertinency.
togethe men and Emma.
tood in a ragged een. Edmund , ip of t, Julie at ther.
tepped forward and assumed ion, a kind of forwardly lean.
All ted cigarettes. Julie ligte as did Emma.
tips of ther.
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ted for the applause.
A storm of applause from the men!
thank you.
Prolonged and fervent applause. les. Stamping of feet. aving of he women).
thank you.
A wonderful speechomas.
A marvelous speecograph my program.
ther, of course.
Quite extraordinary, said Emma, mean?
t meant I made a speech.
Beautifully done, said thomas, are you free for lunch?
think so.
Julie h her handkerchief.
A long time since Ive , sime, not since my student days in fact.
ther.
t, said thomas.
Yes, said ther.
Positively on tively speaking.
t .
Enough! said Julie.
, asked t alone among ty I am not alloo be filthed?
Because you are an old fart, ss must be notably clean of mouto mitigate tingness of being old farts.
t his cable.
Look o op, Emma observed.
t off dorailing.
o do it again, said thomas.
t a rapid pace.
tanding in a cleaving it in teater and ty numbats and t blade round and round rio of ouakaris and a spider monkey and a common squid. tc canding idly by c slauged standing of uck in taken by a fit set about tter and a and a tapir and a piglet. ter got t rees of to sep ated farusting s and a marmoset and t ticky corpses drenco a group of staring pelicans slicing t tern and a pair of ducks and a sing peacock and a dancing crane and a bustard and a lily-trotter and, from rimmed sleeve, sleoo and a ta in one draug of t a small iguana melted in terror against tree. tossed to titious cupbearer sousing tical unic to ts a fis slaying diverse small animals of every kind, so t ted steaming to t and to t of e step. A toad escaped.
her said, looking pleased. See how many!
ting the edible.
See her said again.
truly formidable, Julie said, to please y been seen since t, Paracelsus, Rogero, Artegal, Otuel, Ogier the Chevalier Bayard.
Rather, for an old man.
he green grass.
Emmas gaze (admiring).
See is, ther said, and how limber.
a fe: quinte, sixte, septime.
And now, lunch, Julie said.
Sablecloting plan.
I ed, in ts! ther exclaimed.
temporary her.
And I, relegated, traight look.
Julie returned traight look.
toe.
Please release my toe.
tinued to grasp toe.
toe, eresting oe. toe. toe. toe. toe. A veiny toe. Red lines on toe. Succulent toe. Succulent, succulent toe. Succulent succulent succulent --
toe in h.
th.
toe fell from tched his forehead.
You not rap t rap triking t nature. Striking ther is --
More grebe? Julie asked.
Is tard? thomas asked.
In t.
roops fed themselves? Julie asked.
the road. Cooking fires were visible.
ting y, is ahead.
is aher.
thomas said.
t are they?
t is ahead.
is peculiar about ther asked.
t like us.
ed ated it languidly, representing negligence and of-no-consequence.
Dont like us? ?
First, because s, a gigantic and strange and a.
I do inspire ater time of it. Did I not once rule the ends?
You did, you did, said th an iron hand.
I rule them no longer?
It is because you are slipping into tarry starry nigogetaken away from you in 1936.
It ouch and go.
here?
Near to a million, at t census.
here?
ty-ting Edmund.
Groan from Julie.
t us c. e can talk about someteresting, giraffes for example. Or you can explain yourself. It is aleresting to hear someone explaining himself.
Let us talk about giraffes, said tend to stutter. Of course I dont kno deal about giraffes. to be very intelligent. tiful eyes. tiful eyelasongues extend to ty inc mucerrific base of ttering voice. Faster travel longer distances at speed. Can beat lion in figs lucky. y to ty are not uncommon eacaining several males but many more females.
thomas paused.
Only old males are excluded and live in isolation, he said.
I am offended, said ther. Again.
t talk about giraffes any more, tead explain myself.
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And w did peacher.
It taug I alent for p --
But w?
But I ttle p tle. It is good. It is about half as good as music.