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1. INDOORS WITH DELILAH

On a remote landing in Grandfather’s castle hangs a certain portrait. It dominates my life. Two heavy-breasted women, one nursing a fox, dance to an unseen musician. Does my wife hear that obscure music? Do I? Life itself is an obscure music. But how can I describe in only fifty—