Antonio and Nathan shared an office, and because they were both International Fellows at the Max Planck Institute, his apartment sat right above ours.  After nights of talking and dining together, waiting on Nathan to return, Antonio said, “I don’t know how Nathan can find such pleasure working so many hours on the former East, when what he should desire waits here with me.  If you were mine, Catherine, I would never leave you alone like this.  And I certainly wouldn’t offer your presence to someone who desires you as much as me.”

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