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alization of both being hungry and taking food together.
Then comes the afternoon with the journey fading and dy-
ing, but quickening again at the end. Dick was sad to see
Nicole’s meagre joy; yet it was a relief for her, going back to
the only home she knew. They made no love that day, but
when he left her outside the sad door on the Zurichsee and
she turned and looked at him he knew her problem was one
they had together for good now.

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