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"
Well
,
"
Ben
answered
.
"
Pat
isn
t
exactly
body
conscious
,
either
just
about
her
tattoos
.
She
wants
to
be
stuffed
and
mounted
,
nude
,
when
she
dies
,
as
a
tribute
to
George
.
"
"
George
?
"
"
Sorry
.
Her
husband
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Up
in
heaven
,
to
my
relief
?
although
she
talked
about
him
as
if
he
had
just
slipped
out
for
a
short
beer
.
While
she
was
behaving
as
if
she
expected
a
trial
mounting
and
stuffing
any
moment
.
But
,
essentially
,
Pat
is
a
lady
?
and
she
didn
t
let
me
stay
embarrassed
-
"
PATRICIA
HAD
HER
ARMS
around
Ben
Caxton
and
gave
him
the
all
-
out
kiss
of
brotherhood
before
he
knew
what
hit
him
.
She
felt
at
once
his
unease
and
was
herself
surprised
,
because
Michael
had
told
her
to
expect
him
,
given
her
Ben
s
face
in
her
mind
,
had
explained
that
Ben
was
a
brother
in
all
fullness
,
of
the
Inner
Nest
,
and
she
knew
that
Jill
was
grown
closer
with
Ben
second
only
to
that
with
Michael
?
which
was
always
necessarily
first
since
Michael
was
the
fountain
and
source
of
all
their
knowledge
of
the
water
of
life
.
But
the
foundation
of
Patricia
s
nature
was
an
endless
wish
to
make
other
people
as
happy
as
she
was
;
she
slowed
down
.
She
invited
Ben
to
get
rid
of
his
clothes
but
did
so
casually
and
did
not
press
the
matter
,
except
to
ask
him
to
remove
his
shoes
,
with
the
explanation
that
the
Nest
was
everywhere
kind
to
bare
feet
and
the
unstated
corollary
that
street
shoes
would
not
be
kind
to
it
it
was
soft
and
clean
as
only
Michael
s
powers
could
keep
things
clean
,
which
Ben
could
see
for
himself
.
Aside
from
that
she
merely
pointed
out
where
to
hang
any
clothes
he
found
too
warm
for
the
Nest
and
hurried
away
to
fetch
him
a
drink
.
She
didn
t
ask
his
preferences
;
she
knew
them
from
Jill
.
She
merely
decided
that
he
would
choose
a
double
martini
this
time
rather
than
Scotch
and
soda
,
the
poor
dear
looked
tired
.
When
she
came
back
with
a
drink
for
each
of
them
,
Ben
was
barefooted
and
had
removed
his
street
jacket
.
"
Brother
,
may
you
never
thirst
.
"
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"
We
share
water
,
"
he
agreed
and
drank
.
"
But
there
s
mighty
little
water
in
that
.
"
"
Enough
,
"
she
answered
.
"
Michael
says
that
the
water
could
be
completely
in
the
thought
;
it
is
the
sharing
.
I
grok
he
speaks
rightly
.
"
"
I
grok
.
And
it
s
just
what
I
needed
.
Thanks
,
Patty
.
"