Word: anoint
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...slide out of New York Harbor with him on his yacht, leave him in Europe, later have an idyll with a boy-artist, who in turn leaves you, then it is a natural thing to settle quietly on the French Riviera. There your past blends with the background. You anoint your conscience with self-pity. You maneuver and wait in righteous patience for the boy-artist-or something equivalent-to seek you out. After years of waiting, you become very, very lonely...