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@@@@@"But it's not quite right "You have one you like better, I take it?" "Yes, I think soI want to call it 'The View from Duma' What do you think?" Her response was immediate ix 577 I had sweat through my LOSE IT IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS tee-shirt in spite of Big Pink's efficient air conditioning, and I was more exhausted than a brisk walk to El Palacio and back left me these daysMy ear felt hot and throbby from the telephoneI felt uneasy about Ilse - the way parents are always uneasy about the problems of their children, I suppose, once they're too old to be called home when it starts to get dark and the baths are being drawn - but I also felt satisfied with the work I'd put in, the way I used to feel after a good day on a hard construction job I didn't feel particularly hungry, but I made myself slop a few tablespoons of tuna salad onto a lettuce leaf and washed it down with a glass of milkWhole milk - bad for the heart, good for the bonesI guess that one's a wash, Pam would have saidI turned on the kitchen TV and learned that Candy Brown's wife was suing the City of Sarasota over her husband's death, claiming negligence Good luck on that one, sweetheart, I thoughtThe local meteorologist said the hurricane season might start earlier than everAnd the Devil Rays 578 had gotten their low-rent asses kicked by the Red Sox in an exhibition game - welcome to baseball reality, boys I considered dessert (I had Jell-O Pudding, sometimes known as The Last Resort of the Single Man), then just put my plate in the sink and limped off to the bedroom for a napI considered setting the alarm, then didn't bother; I'd probably only dozeEven if I actually slept, the light would wake me up in an hour or so, when it got over to the western side of the house and came angling in the bedroom window So thinking, I lay down and slept until six o'clock that evening x There was no question of supper; I didn't even consider itBelow me the shells were whispering paint, paint I went upstairs to Little Pink like a man in a dream, wearing only my undershortsI turned on The Bone, set Girl and Ship No7 against the wall, and put a fresh canvas - not as big as the one I'd 579 used for Wireman Looks West, but big - on my easel My missing arm was itching, but this no longer bothered me the way it had at first; the truth was, I'd almost come to look forward to it Shark Puppy was on the radio: "D