But in t im e h e cam e t o suppose t hat per haps it s disor der obey ed an obscur e det er m inat ion of Div ine Pr ov idence. A police inspect or had com e for w ar d wit h a v er y y oung m edical st udent who was com plet ing his for ensic t r aining at t he m unicipal dispensar y , and it was t hey who had v ent ilat ed t he r oom and cov er ed t he body w h ile w ait ing for Dr.
They gr eet ed him wit h a solem nit y t hat on t his occasion had m or e of condolence t han v ener at ion, for n o one was unaw ar e of t he degr ee of his fr iendship wit h Jer em iah de Saint - Am our.
The em inent t eacher shook hands wit h each of t hem , as h e alw ay s did wit h ev er y one of his pupils befor e beginning t he d aily class in gener al clinical m edicine, and t hen, as if it w er e a flow er , h e gr asped t he hem of t he blank et wit h t he t ips of his in dex finger and his t hum b, and slow ly uncov er ed t he body wit h sacr am ent al circum spect ion.
Jer em iah de Saint - Am our was com plet ely nak ed, st iff and t w ist ed, ey es open, body blu e, look in g fift y y ear s older t han h e had t he night befor e.
He had lum inous pupils, y ellow ish bear d and h air , and an old scar sewn wit h baling knot s across his st om ach. The use of crut ches had m ade his t orso and ar m s as br oad as a galley slav e's, but his defenseless legs look ed lik e an or phan's.
Juv enal Ur bino st udied him for a m om ent , his hear t aching as it r ar ely had in t he long y ear s of his fut ile st r uggle against deat h. His Past eur bear d, t he color of m ot her - of- pear l, and his h air , t he sam e color , car efully com bed back and wit h a neat par t in t he m iddle, w er e fait hful ex pr essions of his char act er.
He com pensat ed as m uch as h e could for an incr easingly dist ur bing er osion of m em or y by scr ibbling hur r ied not es on scraps of paper t hat ended in confusion in each of his pocket s, as did t he inst rum ent s, t he bot t les of m edicine, and all t he ot her t hings j um bled t oget her in his cr ow ded m edical bag. He was not on ly t he cit y's oldest and m ost illust r ious phy sician, h e was also it s m ost fast idious m an.
St ill, his t oo obv ious display of lear ning and t he disingenuous m anner in which h e used t he pow er of his n am e had won him less affect ion t han h e deser v ed.
His inst ruct ions t o t he inspect or and t he int er n w er e pr ecise and r apid. Ther e was n o need for an aut opsy; t he odor in t he house was sufficient pr oof t hat t he cause of deat h had been t he cy anide v apor s act iv at ed in t he t r ay by som e phot ographic acid, and Jer em iah de Saint - Am our k new t oo m uch about t hose m at t er s for it t o h av e been an accident.
Then som et hing changed in t he t one of his v oice. He or der ed him t o cir cum vent all t he legal pr ocedur es so t hat t he bur ial could t ak e place t hat sam e aft er noon and wit h t he gr eat est discr et ion. The on ly t hing h e was not w illin g t o do was speak t o t he Ar chbishop so t hat Jer em iah de Saint - Am our could be bur ied in h oly gr ound.
Ur bino. Ur bino put on his half- m oon glasses wit h t he gold r im s and consult ed t he wat ch on it s chain, slim , elegant , wit h t he cov er t hat opened at a t ouch: h e was about t o m iss Pent ecost Mass.
I n t he par lor was a huge cam er a on w heels lik e t he ones used in public par k s, and t he back dr op of a m ar ine t w ilight , paint ed wit h h om em ade paint s, and t he w alls paper ed wit h pict ur es of childr en at m em or able m om ent s: t he fir st Com m union, t he bunny cost um e, t he happy bir t hday.
Year aft er y ear , dur ing cont em plat iv e pauses on aft er noons of chess, Dr. Ur bino had seen t he gr adual cov er ing ov er of t he w alls, and h e had oft en t hought wit h a shudder of sor r ow t hat in t he galler y of casual por t r ait s lay t he ger m of t he fut ur e cit y , gov er ned and cor r upt ed by t hose unk now n childr en, w her e not ev en t he ashes of his glor y w ould r em ain.
On t he desk , nex t t o a j ar t hat held sev er al old sea dog's pipes, was t he chessboar d wit h an unfinished gam e. Despit e his hast e and his som ber m ood, Dr. Ur bino could not r esist t he t em pt at ion t o st udy it. He k new it was t he pr ev ious night 's gam e, for Jer em iah de Saint - Am our play ed at dusk ev er y day of t he w eek wit h at least t hr ee differ ent opponent s, but h e alw ay s finished ev er y gam e and t hen placed t he boar d and chessm en in t heir box and st or ed t he box in a desk dr aw er.
At six t hat m or ning, as h e was m ak ing his last rounds, t he night w at chm an had seen t he not e nailed t o t he st r eet door : Com e in wit hout k nock ing and infor m t he police. A short w h ile lat er t he inspect or ar r iv ed wit h t he int er n, and t he t wo of t hem had sear ched t he house for som e ev idence t hat m ight cont radict t he unm ist ak able br eat h of bit t er alm onds.
But in t he br ief m inut es t he Doct or needed t o st udy t he unfinished gam e, t he inspect or discov er ed an en v elope am ong t he paper s on t he desk , addr essed t o Dr. Juv enal Ur bino and sealed wit h so m uch sealing w ax t hat it had t o be r ipped t o pieces t o get t he let t er out.
The Doct or opened t he black cur t ain ov er t he w indow t o h av e m or e light , gav e a quick glance at t he elev en sheet s cov er ed on bot h sides by a diligent handw r it ing, and w hen h e had r ead t he fir st par agr aph h e k new t hat h e w ould m iss Pent ecost Com m union.
His despondency was obv ious despit e his effor t t o cont r ol it : his lips w er e as blue as t he cor pse and h e could not st op t he t r em bling of his finger s as h e r efolded t he let t er and placed it in his v est pock et.
Ther e was not as m uch m on ey as t hey ex pect ed, but it was m or e t han enough for t he funer al ex penses and t o m eet ot her m in or obligat ions. Then Dr. Ur bino r ealized t hat h e could not get t o t he Cat hedr al befor e t he Gospel r eading.
He pr om ised t o not ify t he num er ous Car ibbean r efugees who liv ed in t he cit y in case t hey w ant ed t o pay t heir last respect s t o t he m an who had conduct ed him self as if h e w er e t he m ost r espect able of t hem all, t he m ost act iv e and t he m ost r adical, ev en aft er it had becom e all t oo clear t hat h e had been ov er w helm ed by t he bur den of disillusion.
He w ould also infor m his chess par t ner s, who r anged f r om dist inguished pr ofessional m en t o nam eless labor er s, as w ell as ot her , less int im at e acquaint ances who m ight per haps wish t o at t end t he funer al. I n any case, h e was going t o send a w r eat h of gar denias in t he ev ent t hat Jer em iah de Saint - Am our had r epent ed at t he last m om ent. The bur ial w ould be at f iv e, which was t he m ost suit able hour dur ing t he hot t est m ont hs.
I f t hey needed him , f r om noon on h e w ould be at t he count ry house of Dr. He ar ose at t he cr ack of daw n, w hen h e began t o t ak e his secr et m edicines: pot assium br om ide t o r aise his spir it s, salicy lat es for t he ache in his bones w hen it r ained, er gost er ol dr ops for v er t igo, belladonna for sound sleep. He t ook som et hing ev er y hour , alw ay s in secr et , because in his long lif e as a doct or and t eacher h e had alw ay s opposed pr escr ibing palliat iv es for old age: it was easier for him t o bear ot her people's pains t han his ow n.
I n his pock et h e alw ay s car r ied a lit t le pad of cam phor t hat h e inhaled deeply w hen n o one was wat ching t o calm his f ear of so m an y m edicines m ix ed t oget her. He w ould spend an hour in his st udy pr epar ing for t he class in gener al clinical m edicin e t hat h e t aught at t he Medical School ev er y m or ning, Monday t hrough Sat ur day , at eight o'clock, unt il t he day befor e his deat h.
He was also an av id r eader of t he lat est book s t hat his book seller in Par is m ailed t o him , or t he ones f r om Bar celona t hat his local book seller or der ed for him , alt hough h e did not follow Spanish lit er at ur e as closely as French. I n any case, h e n ev er r ead t hem in t he m or ning, but on ly for an hour aft er his siest a and at night befor e h e went t o sleep. He br eak fast ed en f am ille but follow ed his own per sonal r egim en of an infusion of w or m w ood blossom s for his st om ach and a head of gar lic t hat h e peeled and at e a clov e at a t im e, chew ing each one car efully wit h br ead, t o pr ev ent hear t failu r e.
Aft er class it was r ar e for him not t o h av e an appoint m ent r elat ed t o his civ ic init iat iv es, or his Cat holic ser v ice, or his ar t ist ic and social innov at ions. He alm ost alw ay s at e lunch at hom e and had a t en- m inut e siest a on t he t er r ace in t he pat io, hear ing in his sleep t he songs of t he ser v ant gir ls under t he leav es of t he m ango t r ees, t he cr ies of v endor s on t he st r eet , t he upr oar of oil and m ot or s f r om t he bay w hose ex haust fum es flut t er ed t hrough t he house on hot aft er noons lik e an an gel condem ned t o put r efact ion.
Then h e r ead his new book s for an hour , abov e all nov els and w or k s of hist or y, and gav e lessons in French and singing t o t he t am e par r ot who had been a local at t r act ion for y ear s. At four o'clock, aft er dr ink ing a lar ge glass of lem on ade wit h ice, h e lef t t o call on his pat ient s. I n spit e of his age h e w ould not see pat ient s in his office and cont inued t o car e for t hem in t heir hom es as h e alw ay s had, since t he cit y was so dom est icat ed t hat one could go any w her e in safet y.
Aft er h e r et ur ned f r om Eur ope t he fir st t im e, h e used t he f am ily landau, dr aw n by t wo golden chest nut s, but w hen t his was n o longer pr act ical h e changed it for a Vict or ia and a single hor se, and h e cont inued t o use it , wit h a cer t ain disdain for fashion, w hen car r iages had alr eady begun t o disappear f r om t he w or ld and t he on ly ones lef t in t he cit y w er e for giv ing r ides t o t ourist s and car r y ing w r eat hs at funer als.
He could t ell what was w r ong wit h a pat ient j ust by look in g at him , h e gr ew m or e and m or e dist rust ful of pat ent m edicines, and h e v iew ed wit h alar m t he v ulgar izat ion of sur ger y. I n any ev ent , h e was alw ay s an ex pensiv e and ex clusiv e doct or , and his pat ient s w er e concent rat ed in t he ancest r al hom es in t he Dist rict of t he Vicer oy s.
His d aily schedule was so m et hodical t hat his w if e k new w her e t o send him a m essage if an em er gency ar ose in t he cour se of t he aft er noon. For Dr. Juv enal Ur bino it was a m ir aculous m eet ing, at t he v er y m om ent w hen chess had becom e an unconquer able passion for him and h e n o longer had m an y opponent s who could sat isfy it.
Thank s t o him , Jer em iah de Saint - Am our could becom e what h e was am ong us. Ur bino m ade him self his uncondit ional pr ot ect or , his guar ant or in ev er y t hing, wit hout ev en t ak ing t he t r ouble t o lear n who h e was or what h e did or what inglor ious Av ar s he had com e f r om in his cr ippled, br ok en st at e. He ev ent ually lent him t he m on ey t o set up his phot ogr aphy st udio, and f r om t he t im e h e t ook his fir st pict ur e of a child st ar t led by t he m agnesium flash, Jer em iah de Saint - Am our paid back ev er y last penny wit h r eligious r egular it y.
I t was all for chess. At fir st t hey play ed aft er supper at sev en o'clock, wit h a r easonable handicap for Jer em iah de Saint - Am our because of his not able super ior it y , but t he handicap was r educed unt il at last t hey play ed as equals. Lat er , w hen Don Galileo Dacont e opened t he fir st out door cinem a, Jer em iah de Saint - Am our was one of his m ost dependable cust om ers, and t he gam es of chess w er e lim it ed t o t he night s w hen a new f ilm was not being shown.
By t hen h e and t he Doct or had becom e such good fr iends t hat t hey w ould go t o see t he film s t oget her , but n ev er wit h t he Doct or's w ife, in par t because she did not h av e t he pat ience t o follow t he com plicat ed plot lines, and in par t because it alw ay s seem ed t o her , t hrough sheer int uit ion, t hat Jer em iah de Saint - Am our was not a good com panion for any one. His Sunday s w er e differ ent. On t his Pent ecost , in a r ar e coincidence, t wo ex t r aor dinar y ev ent s had occurred: t he deat h of a fr iend and t he silv er anniv er sar y of an em inent pupil.
Yet inst ead of going st r aight hom e as h e had int ended aft er cer t ify ing t he deat h of Jer em iah de Saint - Am our , h e allow ed him self t o be car r ied alon g by cur iosit y.
As soon as h e was in his car r iage, h e again consult ed t he post hum ous let t er and t old t he coachm an t o t ak e him t o an obscur e locat ion in t he old slav e quar t er. That decision was so for eign t o his usual habit s t hat t he coachm an w ant ed t o m ak e cer t ain t her e was n o m ist ak e.
Ur bino r et ur ned t o t he fir st page of t he let t er and plunged once again int o t he flood of unsav or y r ev elat ions t hat m ight h av e changed his lif e, ev en at his age, if h e could h av e convinced him self t hat t hey w er e not t he r av ings of a dy ing m an. The sk y had begun t o t hr eat en v er y ear ly in t he day and t he w eat her was cloudy and cool, but t her e was n o chance of r ain befor e noon.
I n his effor t t o find a shor t er r out e, t he coachm an br av ed t he r ough cobblest ones of t he colon ial cit y and had t o st op oft en t o k eep t he hor se f r om being fr ight ened by t he r ow diness of t he r eligious societ ies and fr at er nit ies com ing back f r om t he Pent ecost lit ur gy.
The st reet s w er e f u ll of paper gar lands, m usic, flow er s, and gir ls wit h color ed par asols and m uslin r uffles who wat ched t he celebr at ion f r om t heir balconies. Fur t her m or e, w h ile t he m ost dem anding f am ilies w er e sat isfied if t heir dr iv er s had a clean shir t , h e st ill r equir ed his coachm an t o w ear liv er y of faded v elv et and a t op hat lik e a circus ringm ast er's, which, m or e t han an anachr onism , was t hought t o show a lack o f com passion in t he dog day s of t he Car ibbean sum m er.
Despit e his alm ost m an iacal lov e for t he cit y and a k now ledge of it super ior t o anyone's, Dr. Juv enal Ur bino had not oft en had r eason as h e did t hat Sunday t o v ent ur e boldly int o t he t um ult of t he old slav e quar t er. As t hey passed by t he m ar shes, Dr. Ur bino r ecognized t heir oppr essiv e w eight , t heir om inous silence, t heir suffocat ing gases, which on so m an y insom niac dawns had r isen t o his bedr oom , blending wit h t he fr agr ance of j asm ine f r om t he pat io, and which h e f elt pass by him lik e a w ind out of y est er day t hat had not hing t o do wit h his lif e.
But t hat pest ilence so fr equent ly idealized by nost algia becam e an unbear able r ealit y w hen t he car r iage began t o lur ch t hrough t he quagm ir e of t he st reet s w her e buzzards fought ov er t he slaught erhouse offal as it was swept alon g by t he r eceding t ide. By t he t im e t hey found t he house, gangs of r agged childr en w er e chasing t he car r iage and r idiculing t he t heat r ical finer y of t he coachm an, who had t o dr iv e t hem aw ay wit h his w hip.
Ur bino, pr epar ed for a confident ial v isit , r ealized t oo lat e t hat t her e was n o innocence m or e danger ous t han t he innocence of age. The ex t er ior of t he unnum ber ed house was in n o w ay dist inguishable f r om it s less for t unat e neighbor s, ex cept for t he w indow wit h lace curt ains and an im posing fr ont door t ak en f r om som e old church. The coachm an pounded t he door k nock er , and on ly w hen h e had m ade cer t ain t hat it was t he r ight house did h e help t he Doct or out of t he car r iage.
The door opened wit hout a sound, and in t he shadow y int er ior st ood a m at ur e w om an dr essed in black , wit h a r ed r ose behind her ear. Despit e her age, which was n o less t han for t y , she was st ill a haught y m ulat t a wit h cr uel golden ey es and hair t ight t o her sk u ll lik e a helm et of st eel w ool. Ur bino did not r ecognize her , alt hough h e had seen her sev er al t im es in t he gloom of t he chess gam es in t he phot ographer's st udio, and h e had once w r it t en her a pr escr ipt ion for t er t ian f ev er.
He held out his hand and she t ook it bet w een her s, less in gr eet ing t han t o help him int o t he house. The par lor had t he clim at e and inv isible m ur m ur of a for est glade and was cr am m ed wit h fur nit ur e and ex quisit e obj ect s, each in it s nat ur al place. Ur bino r ecalled wit hout bit t er ness an ant iquar ian's shop, No.
The w om an sat down across f r om him and spok e in accent ed Spanish. Ur bino f elt bet r ay ed. This was t r ue. She had been wit h him unt il a v er y few hours befor e his deat h, as she had been wit h him for h alf his lif e, wit h a dev ot ion and subm issiv e t ender ness t hat bor e t oo close a r esem blance t o lov e, and wit hout any one k now ing anyt hing about it in t his sleepy pr ov incial capit al w her e ev en st at e secret s w er e com m on k now ledge.
They had m et in a conv alescent hom e in Por t - au- Pr ince, w her e she had been bor n and w her e h e had spent his ear ly y ear s as a fugit iv e, and she had follow ed him her e a y ear lat er for a br ief v isit , alt hough bot h of t hem k new wit hout agr eeing t o anyt hing t hat she had com e t o st ay for ev er. She cleaned and st raight ened t he labor at or y once a w eek , but not ev en t he m ost ev il- m inded neighbor s confused appear ance wit h r ealit y because t hey , lik e ev er y on e else, supposed t hat Jer em iah de Saint - Am our's disabilit y affect ed m or e t han his capacit y t o w alk.
Ur bino him self supposed as m uch for solid m edical r easons, and n ev er w ould h av e believ ed his fr iend had a w om an if h e him self had not r ev ealed it in t he let t er. I n any ev ent , it was difficult for him t o com pr ehend t hat t wo f r ee adult s wit hout a past and liv in g on t he fr inges of a closed societ y's pr ej udices had chosen t he hazards of illicit lov e. On t he cont r ar y: lif e had shown her t hat per haps it was ex em plar y.
They saw All Quiet on t he West er n Front , a f ilm based on a book t hat had been popular t he y ear befor e and t hat Dr. Ur bino had r ead, his hear t dev ast at ed by t he bar bar ism of w ar. They m et aft er w ar d in t he labor at or y , she found him br ooding and nost algic, and t hought it was because of t he br ut al scenes of w ounded m en dy ing in t he m ud. I n an at t em pt t o dist ract him , she inv it ed him t o play chess and h e accept ed t o please her , but h e play ed inat t ent iv ely , wit h t he w hit e pieces, of cour se, unt il h e discov er ed befor e she did t hat h e was going t o be defeat ed in four m ov es and sur r ender ed wit hout honor.
When h e st opped t he gam e at about a quar t er past elev en , for t he m usic f r om t he public dances had ended, h e ask ed her t o leav e him. Juv enal Ur bino, w hom h e consider ed t he m ost honor able m an h e had ev er k now n, and his soul's fr iend, as h e lik ed t o say , despit e t he fact t hat t he on ly affin it y bet w een t he t wo was t heir addict ion t o chess under st ood as a dialogu e of r eason and not as a science.
The Doct or could not b eliev e it. She not on ly k new , she agr eed, but she had helped him t o endur e t he suffer ing as lov in gly as she had helped him t o discov er happiness. Because t hat was what his last elev en m ont hs had been: cr uel suffer ing.
Ur bino, who t hought h e had hear d ev er y t hing, had n ev er hear d anyt hing lik e t hat , and said wit h such sim plicit y. He look ed st r aight at her and t r ied wit h all his senses t o f ix her in his m em or y as she was at t hat m om ent : she seem ed lik e a r iv er idol, undaunt ed in her black dr ess, wit h her serpent 's ey es and t he r ose behind her ear. He had t urned sev ent y , in fact , on t he t w ent y- t hird of Januar y of t hat y ear , and t hen h e had set t he dat e as t he night befor e Pent ecost , t he m ost im por t ant h oliday in a cit y consecrat ed t o t he cult of t he Holy Spir it.
Ther e was not a single det ail of t he pr ev ious night t hat she had not k now n about ah ead of t im e, and t hey spok e of it oft en, suffer ing t oget her t he ir r epar able rush of day s t hat neit her of t hem could st op now. Jer em iah de Saint - Am our lov ed lif e wit h a senseless passion, h e lov ed t he sea and lov e, h e lov ed his dog and her , and as t he dat e appr oached h e had gr adually succum bed t o despair as if his deat h had been not his own decision but an in ex or able dest iny.
That had been her on ly act of disloy alt y , and it was j ust ified by her desir e t o r em em ber t he m ast er in t he w int r y ey es of his dog. But Dr. Ur bino int errupt ed her t o say t hat t he dog had not fr eed h im self. She had r et ur ned hom e a lit t le aft er m idnight. She lay down fu lly dr essed on her bed, t o sm ok e one cigar et t e aft er anot her and giv e him t im e t o finish what she k new was a long and difficult let t er , and a lit t le befor e t hr ee o'clock, w hen t he dogs began t o how l, she put t he w at er for coffee on t he st ov e, dr essed in f u ll m our ning, and cut t he fir st r ose of daw n in t he pat io.
Ur bino alr eady r ealized how com plet ely h e w ould r epudiat e t he m em or y of t hat ir r edeem able w om an, and h e t hought h e k new why: on ly a per son wit hout pr inciples could be so com plaisant t ow ar d gr ief. And for t he r em ainder of t he v isit she gav e him ev en m or e j ust ificat ion.
She w ould not go t o t he funer al, for t hat is what she had pr om ised her lov er , alt hough Dr. Ur bino t hought h e had r ead j ust t he opposit e in one of t he par agr aphs of t he let t er. She w ould not shed a t ear , she w ould not w ast e t he rest of her y ear s sim m er ing in t he m aggot brot h of m em or y , she w ould not bur y her self aliv e inside t hese four w alls t o sew her shroud, as nat iv e w idow s w er e ex pect ed t o do.
The words pursued Dr. For t he cit y , his cit y , st ood unchanging on t he edge of t im e: t he sam e bur ning dr y cit y of his noct ur nal t er r or s and t he solit ar y pleasur es of puber t y, w her e flow er s rust ed and salt cor r oded, w her e not hing had happened for four cent ur ies ex cept a slow aging am ong w it her ed laur els and put r efy ing sw am ps.
I n w int er sudden dev ast at ing dow npour s flooded t he lat r ines and t urned t he st reet s int o sick ening bogs. I n sum m er an inv isible dust as harsh as r ed- hot chalk was blow n int o ev en t he best prot ect ed cor ner s of t he im aginat ion by m ad winds t hat t ook t he r oofs off t he houses and car r ied aw ay childr en t hrough t he air.
On Sat ur days t he poor m ulat t oes, alon g wit h all t heir dom est ic anim als and k it chen ut ensils, t um ult uously abandoned t heir hov els of car dboar d and t in on t he edges of t he swam ps and in j ubilant assault t ook ov er t he r ock y beaches of t he colon ial dist r ict.
Unt il a few y ear s ago, som e of t he older ones st ill bor e t he r oy al slav e br and t hat had been bur ned ont o t heir chest s wit h f lam in g ir ons. Dur ing t he w eek end t hey danced wit hout m er cy , dr ank t hem selv es blin d on hom e- br ew ed alcohol, m ade w ild lov e am ong t he icaco plant s, and on Sunday at m idnight t hey br ok e up t heir own par t y wit h bloody fr ee- for - alls.
Dur ing t he rest of t he w eek t he sam e im pet uous m ob sw ar m ed int o t he plazas and alley s of t he old neighbor hoods wit h t heir st ores of ev er y t hing t hat could be bought and sold, and t hey infused t he dead cit y wit h t he fr enzy of a hum an f air r eek in g of fr ied fish: a new lif e.
I ndependence f r om Spain and t hen t he abolit ion of slav er y pr ecipit at ed t he condit ions of honor able decadence in which Dr. The gr eat old f am ilies sank int o t heir r uined palaces in silence. Along t he r ough cobbled st reet s t hat had ser v ed so w ell in sur pr ise at t acks and buccaneer landings, w eeds hung f r om t he balconies and opened cracks in t he w hit ew ashed w alls of ev en t he best - kept m ansions, and t he on ly signs of lif e at t wo o'clock in t he aft er noon w er e languid pian o ex er cises play ed in t he dim light of siest a.
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