When Lethe arrived back at the Senora’s apartment it was 2:30 in the morning. The residential street resembled nothing like the rest of Madrid on a Friday night. Whereas other sections of Madrid were clamorously alive, the Senora’s street went to bed before twelve o’clock.

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On Friday night Lethe met his Spanish friends at the end of the cul de sac. All the group was there, Carlos, Ricky, Javier, Damien and the others; but they seemed to be waiting for Lethe to arrive so they could take him off somewhere.  Javier, the fat-cheeked, jovial Spaniard, approached Lethe with open arms and ushered him toward the group . . . “My parents are gone for the weekend,” he said. “We’re celebrating at their condo. Will you come?”

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The Director of the study abroad program had a shiny bald pate with a fluff of thin, gray hair around the back of his head. He smiled generously and spread his arms to welcome you into his office. Some of the younger women (his female students) stood back in terror, but the Director reassured them it was only his “personalidad espanol” coming out. When in his native land, he felt a change in himself, a return to his natural way of being.

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Chapter 22

Lethe exults in his new-found friendship with the Spaniards.  The Senora is skeptical and wary of his overflowing enthusiasm.  Will he be able to make a smooth transition from lonely and anguished to popular and loved?

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