I. Reading the late Henry James. II. Ink. Creation story -- Baron Haussmann and the plan of Paris -- Things -- Agoraphobia -- The postcard -- The letter -- Dress code -- A male in the women's locker room -- Reeling -- In college, Linda -- Psychosynthesis -- What difference does it make? -- Miss Cotton -- Tongues. III. Summer. Summer -- Spring rolls -- Appetites -- Leningrad -- Mussels -- Salsify -- "Game" -- Consommé -- Eating crabs with Bob and Jim -- A short history of the Sybarites -- What I want to make for you -- Chocolates -- Rampion. IV. Red under the skin. V. Body language. Water music -- Edith Wharton after the death of Henry James -- L'Oustau de Baumanière -- Mountains -- Body language -- On a city street -- Dental work -- A kind of steamed English pudding with raisins -- Then what is the question?
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