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feeling relaxed: I was not completely at ease having a relaxed conver-
sation under these circumstances. Besides, the bricks were cold and
gritty. And an ant bit me.
The conversation opened with inconsequential remarks like "How
was your day?" and "The breezes are beautiful after winter," and "Have
you finished the harem outfit?" My God, I thought, we're talking about
the weather and I have to lift both hands to sip my vodka and orange
juice because they are chained together.
"You are beautiful, you know," he says out of the blue. He
doesn't talk much at all, and as a rule he says even less about my
appearance. "Really beautiful. Have you looked at yourself in the
mirror lately?"
Of course I had, continuously. I had changed my makeup twice that
day. I look like a different person, and I'm still getting used to it.
I do like my eyebrows thin, though. I shaped them into high arches
like the show girls of the 1920's. They look kind of artificial, I
know, but still I like th
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