The Secret Lovers

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Genres: Fiction
He wore a gray tweed jacket and an open shirt with a silk scarf at his neck. Maria had crossed his right leg over his left, and the perfect crease in his flannel trousers had been arranged so that four inches of dark blue stocking showed between the cuff and the top of his suède shoes. He sat in a high-backed chair, with his head pressed against the upholstery and his hands clasped. Before the surgeon had severed his nerves, Rothchild had trembled in moments of excitement. Afterward, his body l...ost the power of involuntary movement. He sat very still, moving his lips only. The loss of his gestures was very strange; the Rothchild who confronted Christopher was like an impersonator who had not got things quite right: the telling characteristics were missing. Still, Christopher thought, the man had not changed in any important way. He had lost energy, not intelligence. The surgery had given him back the use of his mind; he could control his thoughts again, now that the blood no longer pumped itself without warning into his brain.MoreLess

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