Jeffrey Eugenides Quote
And so it began. He played Begin the Beguine against Tessie’s collarbone. He played Moonface against her smooth cheeks. Pressing the clarinet right up against the red toenails that had so dazzled him, he played It Goes to Your Feet. With a secrecy they didn’t acknowledge, Milton and Tessie drifted off to quiet parts of the house, and there, lifting her skirt a little, or removing a sock, or once, when nobody was home, pulling up her blouse to expose her lower back, Tessie allowed Milton to press his clarinet to her skin and fill her body with music. At first it only tickled her. But after a while the notes spread deeper into her body. She felt the vibrations penetrate her muscles, pulsing in waves, until they rattled her bones and made her inner organs hum.
And so it began. He played Begin the Beguine against Tessie’s collarbone. He played Moonface against her smooth cheeks. Pressing the clarinet right up against the red toenails that had so dazzled him, he played It Goes to Your Feet. With a secrecy they didn’t acknowledge, Milton and Tessie drifted off to quiet parts of the house, and there, lifting her skirt a little, or removing a sock, or once, when nobody was home, pulling up her blouse to expose her lower back, Tessie allowed Milton to press his clarinet to her skin and fill her body with music. At first it only tickled her. But after a while the notes spread deeper into her body. She felt the vibrations penetrate her muscles, pulsing in waves, until they rattled her bones and made her inner organs hum.
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