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A woman on a roof ? It was during the week of hot sun，that June. Three men were at work on the roof，where the leads got so hot they had the idea of throwing water on to cool them. But the water steamed，then sizzled；and they make jokes about getting an egg from some woman in the flats under the flats under them，to poach it for their dinner. By two it was not possible to touch the guttering they were replacing，and they speculated about what workmen did in regularly hot countries. Perhaps they should borrow kitchen gloves with the egg? They were all a bit dizzy，not used to the heat；and they shed their coats and stood side by side squeezing themselves into a foot wide patch of shade against a chimney，careful to keep their feet in the thick socks and boots out of the sun. There was a fine view across several acres of roofs. Not far off a man sat in a deck chair reading the newspapers. Then they saw her，between chimneys，about fifty yards away. She lay face down on a brown blanket. They could see the top part of her：black hair，a flushed solid back，arms spread out. “She’s stark naked，” said Stanley，sounding annoyed.Harry，the oldest，a man of about forty-five，said：“Looks like it.”Young Tom，seventeen，said nothing，but he was excited and grinning.Stanley said：“Someone’ll report her if she doesn’t watch out.” “She thinks no one can see，” said Tom，craning his head all ways to see more.At this point the woman，still lying prone，brought her two hands up behind her shoulders with the ends of a scarf in them，tied it behind her back，and sat up. She wore a red scarf tied around her breasts and brief red bikini pants. This being the first day of the sun she was white，flushing red. She sat smoking，and did not look up when Stanley let out a wolf whistle . Harry said：“Small things amuse small minds，” leading the way back to their part of the roof，but it was scorching . Harry said：“Wait，I’m going to rig up some shade，” and disappeared down the skylight into the building. Now that he’d