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to reign whenever conversation lags. Shepherds do it,
cops do it, stevedores and merchants in their shops do it.
And if you wonder why so few Greek women wear beads,
you’ll know it’s because their husbands have pre-empted
them for the simple pleasure of clicking. More aesthetic
than thumb-twiddling, less expensive than smoking, this
Queeg-like obsession indicates a tactile sensuousness
characteristic of a race which has produced the western
world’s greatest sculpture. . . .
Where the heavy visual stress of literacy is lacking in a
culture, there occurs another form of sensuous involvement
and cultural appreciation that our Greek guide explains
whimsically:
. . . do not be surprised at the frequency with which you are