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Cover Page
TITLE PAGE
Contents
DEDICATION
I SAW SOMETHING
AS HE PRESSES THE BUZZER in front of the discreet…
DAVID IS WAITING IN LINE at City Hall to get…
PERMITTING HERSELF A FUGITIVE LITTLE SMILE, Martha has strung ribbons…
ON A SUNDAY, DAVID VISITS HIS MOTHER, taking the early…
A PRISM OF LIGHT JUTS THROUGH THE WINDOW, folds over…
“MRS. ABERNATHY HAS BEEN SITTING by herself all day, just staring…
WHEN DAVID FIRST TELLS ELLEN about what he saw at…
HAS DAVID BEEN GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS? He isn't sure. Is it…
FOR HOURS, A BLUE MIST HAS FLOATED over the lake,…
IN THE BASEMENT, DAVID HAS FOUND three more umbrellas, one…
SOME OF THE FILES, FROM THE MORE illustrious families, bulge…
A SCREECH OF TIRES. Martin, who ventured out this morning…
ONE MORNING, DAVID IS CALLED to the reception area. Some…
BUT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN with the R box. David feels…
DAVID DECIDES THAT HE CAN NO LONGER delay speaking to…
SHE LOOKS OLDER, OF COURSE. She has some gray streaks—…
“WHAT IS IT?” ASKS ELLEN
IN HIS APARTMENT, DAVID PACES THE KITCHEN. The clock on…
DAVID SITS ALONE IN THE SLUMBER ROOM. No longer is…
AS HE RAISES THE DELICATE STAMP to the light, its…
AS SOON AS HE OPENS THE DOOR, David feels as…
STANDING JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY of the sitting parlor, he…
IT IS A CLASSROOM IN ONE of the old buildings…
MR. KURZWEIL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT?
“I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING THAT all the curtains are closed,”…
ROBERT PULLS OUT THE CHOKE and starts the engine. With…
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, Martha opens the draperies,…
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY ALAN LIGHTMAN
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