What does the lightning rod salesman think about the woman he sees in the shop window?

When Tom Fury walks through town just after midnight in Chapter Ten, he sees the great block of ice with "the most beautiful woman in the world" inside: blond, and with her eyes closed. The sight of her makes him think back to his childhood, where he has seen similar women in the sculptures of Rome and Florence, or in the paintings at the Louvre or on a giant movie screen. He wonders what would happen if he put his warm hand on the ice. Would it melt? He walks into the store.