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"You are sure there is nobody else?"

"I am sure There could never be anybody else - after that first night

when I waked you frohed "I'll wait, then - until eternity shrivels up"

They sat for a long time, silent

"Here coirls," he

added after a uess"

Heherself along by e Lulu, a Lulu pallid and silent, but a Lulu shining-eyed

She pulled herself over to Julia's side "Julia!" "Julia! Oh, Julia!"

Lulu's voice was not voice It was not speech Liquid sound flowed fro at the touch of the air, to words "Julia, I

came to you first, after Honey I wanted you to know"

"Oh, Lulu," Julia said, "not - - "

Her eyes reflected the stars in Lulu's eyes And there they stood, their

two faces throwing glea on the floor, her face in

Julia's lap

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Mid-afternoon on Angel Island

Four wo Outside the world still