Medusa Frequency by Russell Hoban

Author:Russell Hoban [Hoban, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: U.S.A., 21st Century, Amazon.com, Retail, 20th Century, literature, britain, American Literature, Expatriate Literature, British History
ISBN: 9780747559092
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 1987-09-30T15:00:00+00:00

12 In the Morning

In the morning I came awake as I always do, like a man trapped in a car going over a cliff. Melanie stirred, clinging to the sleep that was casting her off. I looked at the long line of her back, the sweet Velasquez curve of her hip, then I got up and parted the curtains to see under a dark sky the distant red and green lights of the District Line and the long grey curve of iron sweeping towards Fulham Broadway. It was Saturday; an idle train stood empty while from behind it a Tower Hill train slid majestically round the long and shining curve.

I went to the larder under the stairs and found the head weeping quietly. ‘What is it?’ I said. ‘What are you crying about?’

No answer except a quiet snuffling.

‘Oh, for God’s sake,’ I said, ‘if you’re going to carry on like that at least tell me what’s on your mind.’

Still no answer. I heard Melanie in the kitchen. ‘I’ll talk to you later,’ I said to the head.

Melanie was naked under my anorak again, smooth and sleepwarm as we kissed good morning. I was looking forward to a slow and easy weekend together but in a few minutes she was dressed, had toast and coffee, and gathered herself for departure. ‘Sol’s going to drop off a typescript at my place,’ she said. ‘I’ll phone you later.’

When she’d gone I went to the larder to talk to the head but found only an exhausted-looking cabbage. ‘Once begun, the story must be finished,’ I said, ‘remember?’

Nothing. I put it in a carrier bag, took it to the river, dropped it in, came home and sat down at my desk and typed:

IN THE MORNING

In the morning I came awake as I always do, like a man trapped in a car going over a cliff. Millicent stirred …

No, Millicent wasn’t right.

trapped in a car going over a cliff. Monica stirred …

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