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I'll never forget the face my father made
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sitting there inside the Cafe Oriental
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when he lifted his eyes from the page
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and saw me on the other side of the windowpane.
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Now I understand it was a natural reaction
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as though I'd caught him somehow remiss
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but at that time I didn't realize it.
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I only knew that it seemed to me
he'd been writing a letter.
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Julia, Julia! Listen to me!
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Shh! You'll wake her up!
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Please, just listen to me a moment
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How many times do I have to tell you,
I don't want to hear about it!
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If you want to go talk to her, just do it!
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Do whatever you want,
just don't tell me about it!
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None of it!
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That's not it, that's not it.
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You're wrong, Julia.
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The idea I had had about my father
started to change then
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like opening my eyes
and suddenly discovering
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that I knew nothing about him.