![]() ![]() He's another one of Louise's playthings, they thought. They were together every night after that. ![]() I wish I could take you there on a dig one day, my boy." The Romans reduced the place to rubble and came back twenty-five years later to build a great city on its ashes. "Do you know how Cato the Elder used to end his speeches in the Roman Senate? He'd say, 'Delenda est cartaga' 'Carthage must be destroyed.' His wish finally came true. ![]() The Circus Maximus was as large as five football fields." He had noted the interest in the boy's eyes. The people had their games, and baths, and chariot racing. Long before Christ was born, it was a great city, the Paris of ancient Africa. "Carthage- that's where I'd like to go on a dig. Thousands of years ago there were people just like you and me dreaming dreams, spinning tales, living out their lives, giving birth to our ancestors." His eyes had taken on a faraway look. "You can read the whole future of mankind in the past," the professor would say. He and Jeff had had long talks, and the professor had imbued Jeff with an enthusiasm for archaeology. One of the carnies had been a professor of archaeology until he was thrown out of college for stealing and selling valuable relics. When Jeff arrived, she was dressed in a colorful silk pareu slit all the way up to the thigh.Ī year later the professor had died of alcoholism, but Jeff had promised himself that one day he would go on a dig. The second night they were moored at the harbor in Papeete, and as the passengers and crew were going ashore, Jeff received another summons to Louise Hollander's quarters. Louise Hollander had had two husbands before she was twenty-one, and her lawyer had just made a settlement with her third husband when she met Jeff. "What kind of women do you like? Whores, I suppose." Uncle Willie used to warn me that their daddies always turned out to be the sheriff." "You're the first townie I ever made love to. I'm giving a dinner party tomorrow night. "Was there anything else, Miss Hollander?" ![]()
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