O'Keeffe Apple Family II C.1920

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planking wet with condensation, at the briny semen scent of the fertile sea, at the frosty rectangles, fluorescent in the mist, that are the had perceived no meaning in anything; now dead, he sees meaning in every detail of the physical world, and too much of it has a dark significance.One finger of the wharf leads past the restaurant windows, and at a prime table.He walks around the building to the front door and follows the maitre d’ through the busy restaurant to Typhon’s table.Typhon graciously rises to greet Dunny, offers a hand to be shaken, and says, “Dear boy, I’m sorry to have summoned you at such a critical moment on this night of all nights.”After he and Typhon settle into their chairs and after Dunny politely turns aside the maitre d’s solicitation of a drink order, he decides that disingenuousness will not play any better sits , beautifully dressed as always, regal in demeanor without appearing pretentious. Through the pane of glass, their eyes meet.For a moment, Typhon regards him somberly, even severely, as though with displeasure certain to have consequences that Dunny does not wish to consider. Then his plump face dimples, and his winning smile appears. He makes a gun of thumb and forefinger, pointing it at Dunny as if to say, Gotcha.By way of fog and glass and the candlelight on the table, Dunny could in a wink travel from the wharf to the chair opposite Typhon. With so many people in the restaurant, however, that unconventional entrance would be the essence of indiscretion