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Chapters (49)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. 1. “Morning Song”
  6. 2. “The Couriers”
  7. 3. “The Rabbit Catcher”
  8. 4. “Thalidomide”
  9. 5. “The Applicant”
  10. 6. “Barren Woman”
  11. 7. “Lady Lazarus”
  12. 8. “Tulips”
  13. 9. “A Secret”
  14. 10. “The Jailor”
  15. 11. “Cut”
  16. 12. “Elm”
  17. 13. “The Night Dances”
  18. 14. “The Detective”
  19. 15. “Ariel”
  20. 16. “Death & Co.”
  21. 17. “Magi”
  22. 18. “Lesbos”
  23. 19. “The Other”
  24. 20. “Stopped Dead”
  25. 21. “Poppies in October”
  26. 22. “The Courage of Shutting-Up”
  27. 23. “Nick and the Candlestick”
  28. 24. “Berck-Plage”
  29. 25. “Gulliver”
  30. 26. “Getting There”
  31. 27. “Medusa”
  32. 28. “Purdah”
  33. 29. “The Moon and the Yew Tree”
  34. 30. “A Birthday Present”
  35. 31. “Letter in November”
  36. 32. “Amnesiac”
  37. 33. “The Rival”
  38. 34. “Daddy”
  39. 35. “You’re”
  40. 36. “Fever 103°”
  41. 37. “The Bee Meeting”
  42. 38. “The Arrival of the Bee Box”
  43. 39. “Stings”
  44. 40. “The Swarm”
  45. 41. “Wintering”
  46. Postscript
  47. Author’s Note
  48. Acknowledgments and Permissions
  49. Also by Kate Moses

In his telegram, the one waiting for her by the back door when she returned from Connemara, he said that the trip had been sentimentality, a gloss. It was pure viciousness. She knows what he really meant: her faith in him, all she believed in, was nothing but vapor. Carbon monoxide. He’s standing, turning around, blinking into the sun, and she abruptly sits back in her desk chair—away from the window, out of sight. She won’t let him catch her looking. He’s become the part of herself she no longer recognizes—not like an amnesiac, but like a country at civil war. Now she’ll make him understand that she’s real; there’s nothing sentimental about her. Now she’s drawn the line. She’s kicked him out; she’s ended it. Will he marry her? He’s told the doctor she’s reckless, but he’s wrong. She’s not reckless; that’s not it at all. She’s afraid to wait.

19. “The Other”

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“The Other”

DECEMBER 18, 1962

LONDON