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DorisLessing
[1]Itwasdurisun,thatJuhreemeworkontheroof,wheretheleadsgotsohottheyhadtheideawateronto.Butthewatersteamed,theheymakejokesaboutgettinganeggfromsomewomasusuopoachitfortheirdiossibletotouchthegutteringtheywererepladtheyspeculatedaboutwhatworkmendidinregularlyhottries.Perhapstheyshouldborrowkitgloveswiththeegg?Theywereallabitdizzy,heheat;aheirdstoodsidebysidesqueezioafootwidepatchofshadeagainstaey,carefultokeeptheirfeetihicksodbootsoutofthesun.Therewasafineviewacrossseveralacresofroofs.Notfaroffamansatinadeckchairreadingtheheysawher,betweefiftyyardsaway.Shelayfaabrowheycouldseethetoppartofher:blackhair,aflushedsolidback,armsspreadout.“She’sstarknaked,”
saidStanley,soundingannoyed.
[2]Harry,theoldest,amanofaboutforty-five,said:“Lookslikeit.”
[3]Youeen,saidnothing,buthewasexdgrinning.
[4]Stanleysaid:“Someoherifshedoesn’twatchout.”
[5]“Shethinksnoohisheadallwaystoseemore.
[6]Atthispointthewoman,stilllyihertbehindhershoulderswiththeendsofasthem,tieditbehindherbadsatup.Sheworearedscarftiedarousandbriefredbikinipants.Thisbeidayofthesue,flushismoking,anddidnotlookupwheawolfwhistle.Harrysaid:“Smallthingsamusesmallmihewaybacktotheirpartoftheroof,butitwassg.Harrysaid:“Wait,I’mgupsomeshade,”
anddisappeareddowintothebuilding.Nowthathe’dgoomwepoiopeeratthewoman.Shehadmoved,andalltheycouldseeweretwopitheblaledahelegsdidnotmove.Harrycamebackwithablaandshouted:“eon,then.”
HesouedwiththeTheyclamberedbaaoStaaboutyourmissus?”
Stanleywasnewlymarried,aboutthreemonths.Stanleysaid,jeering:“Whataboutmymissus?”
—preservinghisiomsaidnothing,buthismindwasfullofthenearlynakedwthebla,whichhehadborrowedfromafriendlywomandownstairs,fromthestemofatelevisiooarowofey-pots.Thisshadefellacrossthepieceofguttertheyhadtoreplace.Buttheshadekeptmovioadjustthebla,andnresswasmade.Atlastsomeoftheheatlefttheroof,andtheyworkedfast,makingupforlosttime.FirstStaom,madeatriptotheeoseethewoman.“She’sonherbaleysaid,addiwhisheoldermaly.Tom’sreportwasthatshehadwasalie.Hewahehadseentohimself:hehadcaughtheridowleredpantsoverherhips,tilltheywerehanasmalltriangle.Shewasonherback,fullyvisible,glisteningwithoil.
&m,assoonastheycameup,theywenttolook.Shewasalreadythere,fasspreadout,helittleredpaurnedbrow.Yesterdayshewasasd-whitewoman,todaysheomaawhistle.Sheliftedherhead,startled,asifshe’dbeenasleep,araightoverattheThesunwasinhereyes,shebliared,thenshedrain.Atthisgestureofiheyallthree,StaomandoldHarry,letoutwhistlesandyells.Harrywasdoingitinparodyoftheyoungermen,makingfuhewasalsoangry.Theywereallangrybecauseofherutterihethreemenwatgher.
[8]“Bitch,”
saidStanley.
[9]“Sheshouldaskusover,”
saidTom,snig.
[10]Harryreselfaanley:“Ifshe’smarried,heroldmanwould.”
[11]“Christ,”
saidStauously,“ifmywifelayaboutlikethat,foreveryoosee,I’dsoonstopher.”
[12]Harrysaid,smiling:“Howdoyouknosshe’ssuthisverymoment?”
[13]“Notaotonourroof.”
ThesafetyofhiswifeputStaoagoodhumor,aowork.Buttodayitwashotterthaerday;aimesohersuggestedtheyshouldtellMatthew,theforeman,andasktoleavetheroofuwavewasover.Buttheydidn’t.Therewasworktobedoofthebigblockofflats,butupheretheyfeltfree,olevelfromordinaryhumanityshutihebuildings.Alotmorepeoplecameoutohatday,foranhouratmidday.Somemarriedcouplessatsidebysideindeckchairs,thewomeoglessahemehreddeningshoulders.
[14]Thewomanstayedo,turningherselfoverandterwhattheydid.Wheofetchmorescrews,Stanleysaid:“eon.”
Herroofbelooadifferentsystemofroofs,separatedfromtheirsatobyabouttwemeantasgoher,edgingalos,gtoeys,whiletheirbigbootsslippedahered,butatlasttheystoodonasmallsquareprojegrooflhtdownather,close.Shesatsmabook.Tomthoughtshelookedlikeapaziheblueskybehindherachedout.Behieatworkonanewbuildinginitsblackarmacrossroofsiomimagiworkonthee,adjustioswingoverandpickherupandswingherbackacrosstheskytodrophernearhi
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