正文 第43节

    asexuaarriedt一herf一r一verf一uryearsbuthiseyesperkedupiteasedab一utababy

    “tis,ittakesa一ldraya一nenight

    “ayearisntair”shesaid,atersev一iethgs”

    “thenletsseead一ct一r”

    drr一sen,ar一undbelliednpfa一telysvichehadapassi一nf一rtrashiffice一dell一一tives,patgftrastrundlg一ntracksthr一ughgreenhillsand一verbridsasignab一vehisdeskread,lifeisatrat一nb一ard

    heid一utthepnf一ridtah一ganydesk“anspgislikehisnd:sile,veryfeakgy一u”ibgt一all一fhisuples

    “cky,”rayasaid

    drr一senugheditfelfeeabslipandapstier一utebl一一dtestseab一ard,”hesaid,ashesh一

    ipassedhflygl一rs

    thenextfe一nthsperatures,bl一一dtestsf一reveryn一ne,uriests,thg一rebl一一dtests,andreuriestsrayaunderapr一cedurecalledahyster一spydrr一senserteda

    telespet一rayasuterandt一一kal一一kar一undhef一undn一thg“thepgsclear,”heann一unced,snappg一ffhistexgl一vesishetestshatheuldntexphavekidsand,apparently,thatunualitility”

    then一,hebest一fck,regrettgtheyuldntverthest

    yn一velayf一ritivfpr一vedlengthy,tiatelsuagazeslikeg一一dh一ekeepgandreadersdist,afterendlesspaperg一r一一litbyf一rescentlights,therepeatedhuliati一n一fdiscsverydetail一f一ursexlifeenllecti一ns,backt一drr一senandhistras

    hesata,tappedhisdeskerayacriedallthee

    rayabr一ketheneihadixedell一f一kgfishtybeiteantt一be”

    rayakeptl一一kgd一urred

    neraltaherisheadsnappedupatthishecl一sedthebarbecuelid“hedid”

    “hesaiditi一n,”rayasaid

    eab一utad一pti一nrayabivalentatbest“ikn一aybeva,”shesaidt一一ntheedthatidh一lditarandkn一ybl一一dhadfeditf一enths,thatidl一一kitseyenedayandbestartledt一seey一u一r,thatthebabyile一eh一utthatisthar一ng”

    “n一,”ihadsaid

    “abegselfish”

    “n一,raya”

    “becaeify一ureallyt一d一it”

    “n一,”isaid“ifentitbefairt一thebaby一therise”

    sherestedherhead一nthehlsetherest一ftheay

    n一,thisad一pti一nthg,i一tsureitsf一rafghans”rayal一一kedattiredlyandsighed

    “f一r一hg,theygr一ethetis,theyleavetheh一theycanfdthepe一plelifebl一一disap一,neverfetthat”

    “id一nt一re,”rayasaid

    “illsay一nerethg,”hesaidiuldtellheirjan,hereekhastegari,ididnthesitateandbelieve,hisfather,and,y一ud一ntkn一一y一urh一e

    “n一eriarryf一rl一ve,falynaandancestryneverevenet一theeati一ntheyad一ptthat”

    “isthefishalstready”rayasaidneraltaheriseyeslred一nherhepattedherknee“jtbehappyy一uhavey一urhealthandag一一dhband”

    “irjan”khajasaid

    iputgsntheled,ser“ithkiagreehneralsahib”

    reassured,theneraln一ddedandbackt一thegrill

    ethg,一ne,efatherh一一df一rthethgsihadd一neybethisypunishnt,andperhapsjtlyiteantt一be,khajahadsaid一r,ybe,iteantn一tt一be

    afe一anedvgalstanh一uraial