Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps

On the glass-topped table these objects:

a black Cintra ashtray

a bottle of Beefeater gin and one of vermouth two wineglasses with a little clear liquid still in each

a pair of Zeiss sunglasses

gold earrings

a cut glass ice bucket on a tray and a large spoon

a red toothbrush

a metro ticket stamped "OPERA"

a heap of shell necklaces, very fine, speckled, tan and white deep beige mascara, the plastic capsule that holds contact lenses

a ladies' wristwatch, black face, band of flat silver mesh

a key from the Hotel Bristol Terminus-Avignon, Room no. 70 and on the floor, fallen over, a pair of high-heeled shoes