sound of
them on
his tongue
and on her
own。she
revealed
the
terrible
and
impersonal
curiosity
of a child
about
forbidden
subjects
and
objects；that
rapt and
tireless
and
detached
interest
of a
surgeon in
the
physical
body and
its
possibilities。And
by day he
would see
the calm，
coldfaced，
almost
manlike，
almost
middleaged
woman who
had lived
for twenty
years
alone，without
any
feminine
fears at
all， in a
lonely
house in a
neighborhood
populated，
