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           Toomanypeopleinthepiazza,toomanylimbsandtrunksofhumanityontheLido,toomanygondolas,toomanymotor-launches,toomanysteamers,toomanypigeons,toomanyices,toomanycocktails,toomanymenservantswantingtips,toomanylanguagesrattling,toomuch,toomuchsun,toomuchsmellofVenice,toomanycargoesofstrawberries,toomanysilkshawls,toomanyhuge,raw-beefslicesofwatermelononstalls:toomuchenjoyment,altogetherfartoomuchenjoyment!

           ConnieandHildawentaroundintheirsunnyfrocks.Thereweredozensofpeopletheyknew,dozensofpeopleknewthem.Michaelisturneduplikeabadpenny.’Hullo!Whereyoustaying?Comeandhaveanice-creamorsomething!Comewithmesomewhereinmygondola.’EvenMichaelisalmostsun-burned:thoughsun-cookedismoreappropriatetothelookofthemassofhumanflesh.

           Itwaspleasantinaway.Itwasalmostenjoyment.Butanyhow,withallthecocktails,allthelyinginwarmishwaterandsunbathingonhotsandinhotsun,jazzingwithyourstomachupagainstsomefellowinthewarmnights,coolingoffwithices,itwasacompletenarcotic.Andthatwaswhattheyallwanted,adrug:theslowwater,adrug;thesun,adrug;jazz,adrug;cigarettes,cocktails,ices,vermouth.Tobedrugged!Enjoyment!Enjoyment!

           Hildahalflikedbeingdrugged.Shelikedlookingatallthewomen,speculatingaboutthem.Thewomenwereabsorbinglyinterestedinthewomen.