...........Doris said later, "When we were walking around out there together, it

crossed my mind, it might be the last time. But I didn't really know. I hoped and prayed that it wouldn't be. I didn't know what was wrong with him, but I knew he was determined to do that show if it took his last breath. It was his final thing, and it was with me, and I really cherish that."

Doris made Rock promise that he would eat more. Rock collapsed on the plane and slept all the way to Los Angeles, but in the middle of the flight, he opened his eyes and looked at Dale. "I think I'm going to Paris."

"Oh, why?"

"Doris is mad at me. There's a doctor in Paris I've got to see, because I guess there's something wrong with me. I don't Uke it that Doris is mad at me." He closed his eyes and slept

........,,,,,,,Mark had learned more from Rock in that ten-minute talk than he'd learned in thirty-four years, and he was still running it through his mind, plumbing it , Rock said he wanted to get started on the book. "It's time."

"I agree with you there."

"What the hell do we put in a book?" Rock said.

"Well, for one thing, who have you loved? I mean really loved, we're talking about love, not infatuations or fucks."

"Only two people," Rock said. "Phyllis Gates and Lee Garlington.

Mark was fascinated, it was not the answer he would have guessed.

"Lee just drove me crazy," Rock said "You didn't like him, did you?"

"No, I found him supercilious."

"He led me a merry chase," Rock said. "Goddamn I loved him."

Months later, when told what Rock had said, Lee Garlington was astonished. "I had no idea Rock had cared to that extent." Phyllis Gates, when told, said quickly, "He was lying. Rock never loved me. To me, he wasn't a very nice man."