For Anais Nin

All of the characters, all of the events and most of the places in this book are fictitious.

CONTENT

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1 DAY[7]
Chapter One[9]
Chapter Two[18]
Chapter Three[31]
Chapter Four[46]
Chapter Five[59]
Chapter Six[73]
Chapter Seven[86]
Chapter Eight[103]
2 NIGHT[113]
Chapter Nine[115]
Chapter Ten[143]
Chapter Eleven[166]
Chapter Twelve[180]
3 THE YELLOW WOOD[195]
Chapter Thirteen[197]
Chapter Fourteen[209]

1
DAY

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller.
...

—Frost

From Collected Poems by Robert Frost. Copyright, 1930, 1939, by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Copyright, 1936, by Robert Frost.

Chapter One

Robert Holton removed several dark hairs from his comb and wondered if his hairline was receding. He squinted for a moment at himself in the mirror and decided that he was not losing his hair, not yet anyway.