She smiled and crooked a finger at me to... She smiled and crooked a finger at me to come
closer"Wireman tells me all about youYou're
the new fellow at Salmon Point
"He calls it Big Pink," Wireman saidIt was the cigarettey kind that
dissolves into coughingWireman had to hurry
forward and steady herMiss Eastlake didn't seem
to mind either the coughing or the steadying"I
like that!" she said when she was able"Oh hon, I
like that! Come and see my new schoolhouse
arrangement, Mr? I'm sure I've been told your
name but it escapes me, so much does now, you are
Mr?"
"Freemantle," I said
I joined them at her play-table; she offered her
handIt wasn't muscular, but was, like her
ladies rolex for sale feet,
of a good sizeShe hadn't forgotten the fine art
of greeting, and gripped as well as she could
Also, she looked at me with cheerful interest as
we shookI liked her for her frank admission of
memory troublesAnd, Alzheimer's or not, I did
far more mental and verbal stuttering than I'd
seen so far from her
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"It's good to know you, EdgarI have seen you
before, but I don't recall whenBig Pink! That's sassy!"
"I like the house, ma'amI'm very glad if it gives satisfaction
It's an artist's house, you knowAre you an
artist, Edgar?"
She was looking at me with her guileless blue eyesIt was the easiest, the quickest,
and maybe it was
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"Of course you are, hon, I knew right awayI'll
need one of your picturesWireman will strike a
price with youHe's a lawyer as well as an
excellent cook, did he tell you that?"
"YesHer
conversation seemed to have developed too many
threads, and all at onceWireman, that dog,
looked as if he were struggling not to laugh
Which made me feel like laughing, of course
"I try to get pictures from all the artists who've
stayed in your Big PinkI have a Haring that was
painted there
That stopped any impulse to laugh"Really?"
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"Yes! I'll show you in a bit, one really can't
avoid it, it's in the television room and we
always
louis vuitton bags watch OprahDon't we, Wireman?"
"Yes," he said, and glanced at the face of his
watch on the inside of his wrist
"But we don't have to watch it on the dot, because
we have a wonderful gadget called She paused,
frowned, and put a finger to the dimple in one
side of her plump chin"Vito? Is it Vito,
Wireman?"
He smiled"TiVo, isn't that a funny word? And
isn't it funny how formal we are? He's Wireman to
me, I'm Miss Eastlake to him - unless I'm upset,
as I sometimes am when things slip my mindWe're
like characters in a play! A happy one, where one
knows that soon the band will strike up and
everyone in the company will sing!" She laughed
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show what a charming idea it was, but there was
something a little frantic in itFor the first
time her accent made me think of Tennessee
Williams instead of Margaret Mitchell
Gently - very gently - Wireman said: "Maybe we
ought to go into the other room for Oprah nowI
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think you ought to sit downYou can have a
cigarette when you watch Oprah, and you know you
like that
"In a minute, WiremanWe have
so little company here"What
kind of artist are you, Edgar? Do you believe in
art for art's sake?"
"Definitely art for art's sake, ma'amThat's the kind Salmon Point likes best
What do you call it?"
"My art?"
"No, hon - Salmon
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