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was he then at Dillons 5 or 6 about 88 I suppose hes 20 or
more Im not too old for him if hes 23 or 24 I hope hes not
that stuckup university student sort no otherwise he
wouldnt go sitting down in the old kitchen with him taking
Eppss cocoa and talking of course he pretended to under-
stand it all probably he told him he was out of Trinity college
hes very young to be a professor I hope hes not a professor
like Goodwin was he was a potent professor of John James-
on they all write about some woman in their poetry well I
suppose he wont find many like me where softly sighs of
love the light guitar where poetry is in the air the blue sea
and the moon shining so beautifully coming back on the
nightboat from Tarifa the lighthouse at Europa point the
guitar that fellow played was so expressive will I ever go
back there again all new faces two glancing eyes a lattice hid
Ill sing that for him theyre my eyes if hes anything of a poet
two eyes as darkly bright as loves own star arent those beau-
tiful words as loves young star itll be a change the Lord
knows to have an intelligent person to talk to about yourself
not always listening to him and Billy Prescotts ad and
Keyess ad and Tom the Devils ad then if anything goes
wrong in their business we have to suffer Im sure hes very
distinguished Id like to meet a man like that God not those
other ruck besides hes young those fine young men I could
see down in Margate strand bathingplace from the side of
the rock standing up in the sun naked like a God or some-
thing and then plunging into the sea with them why arent
all men like that thered be some consolation for a woman
like that lovely little statue he bought I could look at him all