Genocides no doubt console themselves with
the thought of isolated acts of kindness to kittens, and some people
will sneer at my claim that, for as long as we were together, I
remained faithful to Tony. Some will even question it, but I maintain
it nonetheless. I never even met Monkey Hanger in person, though
I did, in the perverse ways of our times, have sex with him.
Monkey Hanger, whose real name was, I think, Charlie, was a diver
and a swinger – the first with whom I had knowingly had dealings.
I knew nothing of swinging and had certainly never considered it
for myself, but, of course, I was curious, and Monkey Hanger was
just going through a break-up with his long-term girlfriend and
swing-partner, so I tried to cheer him up, which entailed discussion
of diving, music and, of course, sex.To be honest, he was one of those slick, quick,
glib people with a practised, jokey answer for everything whom
I would have found very tedious in a very short time had I actually
met him.
|
