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Letitia Van Allen." Candid as I always am with Randolph, Ihave not yet told him the entire story of my maneuvering tokeep Rusty and Mary-Ann apart. There is evidence thatRusty is still in love with Mary-Ann. Fortunately she will not,in her present mood, have anything to do with him and I amcertain that as long as she is with me I can prolong thatmood for quite some time. Also, the fact that Mary-Ann isliving with the woman who raped him will unconsciouslyidentify her with me in Rusty's mind; if nothing else, thisconnection should help to maintain the current distancebetween the lovers. "And from what Letitia tells me, hislovemaking has been dramatically improved as a result ofwhat I did to him." "How would you know? He never madelove to you." "Mary-Ann has told me that he was alwaysextremely gentle with her... she has a childhood trauma andcannot bear rough lovemaking and so, in time, will bedrawn to women who are gentle. But with Letitia, he is arampaging bull, knocking her about and otherwise gettingback at me through her, to her delight of course.""Interesting" was all that Randolph had to say on thesubject. But I can tell that he is impressed at what I haveaccomplished even though, being a Jew and a dentist, hecan never wholeheartedly accept my new order for thehuman race since the fluidity which I demand of the sexes isdiametrically opposed to Mosaic solidity. Yet I am right, forit is demonstrably true that desire can take as many shapesas there are containers. Yet what one pours into thosecontainers is always the same inchoate human passion,entirely lacking in definition until what holds it shapes it. So