The Face of the Waters (First Born of Egypt Series) by Raven Simon

Author:Raven, Simon [Raven, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: House of Stratus
Published: 2012-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

‘What a flop,’ said Baby to Piero as they walked towards Isobel’s Lagonda. ‘That first night was fun in a ghoulish sort of way…digging up the past…but after that, what a flop.’

‘There was nothing there except a memory,’ said Piero. ‘Once that had been used up…nothing.’

‘Once you had shown the woman how you would have corrupted the child,’ Baby said.

‘Once the woman had permitted and exulted in the child’s corruption,’ Piero rejoindered.

‘With me it was just a dirty little itch, like a mosquito bite which you scratch until the pus runs out,’ said Baby.

‘With me, I suppose, it was just a cringing anxiety to oblige a vain woman who might later be useful,’ said Piero.

When they had thus succeeded in poisoning for each other even what they had had (which was not nothing), when they had finally turned their brief but quite genuine and joyous lust into a handful of damp garbage, Baby climbed into the Lagonda and was driven away by Isobel. Jo-Jo had said a guarded goodbye to Baby in the hall before withdrawing to her pool. Ptolemaeos had merely waved from the Library window as Baby crossed the drive with Piero. Nobody cared about Baby’s departure, herself least of all. All those who were left behind (Ptolemaeos, Piero and Jo-Jo, if one didn’t yet count Oenone), remembered the hideous, grimacing thing that had crouched hissing on the bed; and one of them, Piero, remembered the terrible howl of pain and despair which Jeremy had given as he bolted from the room.

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