…And then there were a pair, a boy and girl. i saw them together a great deal, and at first i thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, until one day i saw them up close and realized they had to be siblings. Later i learned that they were twins. They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blonde hair and epicene faces as clear, cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels. and perhaps most unusual in the context of Hampden- where pseudo-intellects and teenage decadents abounded, and where black clothing was de rigueur- they liked to wear pale clothes, particularly white. In this swarm of cigarettes and dark sophistication they appeared here and there like figures form an allegory, or long-dead celebrants of some forgotten garden party. It was easy to find out who they were, as they shared the distinction of being the only twins on campus. Their names were Charles and Camilla Macaulay…….
