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| On the way to the hotel, Pierre tells the aunt that she is the cause of Laure's neurosis, saying he thought that she would want to know. You thought I would want to know that I am the cause of someone wanting to kill themself, says the aunt, I'm not sure if I do. She is obviously very upset, so when they arrive, Pierre gets her a large gin and tonic at the bar and, noticing that he is in a rather agitated state himself, orders one for himself too. They spend the afternoon drinking heavily and the aunt's prim, spinsterly veneer begins to break down. She is a lonely woman who has alway travelled. |
| Pierre becomes overhwelmed with feelings of warmth for her and lays a conforting hand on hers across the table. They go to the aunt's room and have sex, during which Pierre feels that he truly loves her. The moment is brief. The aunt quickly reverts to type and Pierre, in the throws of and extreme bout of post-coital depression, gets dressed and leaves the aunt drunkenly sobbing in the bathroom. He returns to the house where the sailing club lives and finds them planning various acts of revolutionary terrorism. In the name of:, says Nils and names several organisations. Yes, says Pierre, and in the name of the writer John Moseley - aware of the irony: the way that writers sometimes can be misenterpreted. |
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