Tropic of Cancer
“He had a studio apartment overlooking the cavalry barracks just off the Place Dupleix. We had seen a lot of each other since the little trip to Le Havre. If it hadn’t been for Fillmore I didn’t know where I should be today—dead, most likely.
“I would have asked you long before,” he said, “if it hadn’t been for that little bitch Jackie. I didn’t know how to get her off my hands.”
I had to smile. It was always like that with Fillmore. He had a genius for attracting homeless bitches. Anywa...y, Jackie had finally cleared out of her own accord.
The rainy season was coming on, the long, dreary stretch of grease and fog and squirts of rain that make you damp and miserable. An execrable place in the winter, Paris! A climate that eats into your soul, that leaves you bare as the Labrador coast. I noticed with some anxiety that the only means of heating the place was the little stove in the studio. However, it was still comfortable.MoreLess
“I would have asked you long before,” he said, “if it hadn’t been for that little bitch Jackie. I didn’t know how to get her off my hands.”
I had to smile. It was always like that with Fillmore. He had a genius for attracting homeless bitches. Anywa...y, Jackie had finally cleared out of her own accord.
The rainy season was coming on, the long, dreary stretch of grease and fog and squirts of rain that make you damp and miserable. An execrable place in the winter, Paris! A climate that eats into your soul, that leaves you bare as the Labrador coast. I noticed with some anxiety that the only means of heating the place was the little stove in the studio. However, it was still comfortable.MoreLess
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