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. On the contrary, it's a key matter and
I need your help. So back me up. Or else."
" 'Or else' what, dear?"
"You know what 'or else' means. Make up your mind. Are you going to back me
up?"
"Richard, this is ridiculous! I see no reason to cater to it."
"Gwen, I'm asking you to back me up." I waited an endless time, then
sighed. "Or start walking and don't look back."
Her head jerked as if I had slapped her. Then she picked up her case and
started walking.
Bill's jaw dropped, then he hurried after her, still carrying Tree-San.
XVI
"Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood."
OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900
I watched them out of sight, then started walking slowly. It was easier to
walk than to stand still and there was no place near to sit down. My stump ached
and all the weariness of the past few days hit me. My mind was numb. I continued
to move toward the Raffles Hotel because I was headed that way, programmed.
The Raffles was even seedier than I had recalled. But I suspected that
Rabbi Ezra knew what he was talking about- this, or nothing. In any case I
wanted to get out of the public eye; I would have accepted a much poorer
hostelry as long as it enabled me to get behind a closed door.
I told the man at the desk that Rabbi Ezra had sent me and asked what he
had. I think he offered me his most expensive room still vacant: eighteen
crowns
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