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Chapter 4
’It’squitetrue,youcan’tlivewithoutcash,’saidMay.’You’vegottohaveacertainamountofittobeabletoliveandgetalong...eventobefreetothinkyoumusthaveacertainamountofmoney,oryourstomachstopsyou.Butitseemstomeyoumightleavethelabelsoffsex.We’refreetotalktoanybody;sowhyshouldn’twebefreetomakelovetoanywomanwhoinclinesusthatway?’
’TherespeaksthelasciviousCelt,’saidClifford.
’Lascivious!well,whynot--?Ican’tseeIdoawomananymoreharmbysleepingwithherthanbydancingwithher...oreventalkingtoherabouttheweather.It’sjustaninterchangeofsensationsinsteadofideas,sowhynot?’
’Beaspromiscuousastherabbits!’saidHammond.
’Whynot?What’swrongwithrabbits?Aretheyanyworsethananeurotic,revolutionaryhumanity,fullofnervoushate?’
’Butwe’renotrabbits,evenso,’saidHammond.
’Precisely!Ihavemymind:Ihavecertaincalculationstomakeincertainastronomicalmattersthatconcernmealmostmorethanlifeordeath.Sometimesindigestioninterfereswithme.Hungerwouldinterferewithmedisastrously.Inthesamewaystarvedsexinterfereswithme.Whatthen?’
’Ishouldhavethoughtsexualindigestionfromsurfeitwouldhaveinterferedwithyoumoreseriously,’saidHammondsatirically.
’Notit!Idon’tover-eatmyselfandIdon’tover-fuckmyself.Onehasachoiceabouteatingtoomuch.Butyouwouldabsolutelystarveme.’
’Notatall!Youcanmarry.’
’HowdoyouknowIcan?Itmaynotsuittheprocessofmymind.Marriagemight...andwould...
