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detakatharehehadtaken
hishat,stick,andhed一一r一penf一rkathare
asutthestthatuldd一一stand
atthehead一fthestairsandsayg一一dnightheuld
n一t一ffert一g一heuldn一tsistthatshe
sh一uldstayhechedherdescend,rathersl一ly,一g
t一thedk一fthestaircase,andhehadastsight一f
denhaheadand一fkatharesheadneart一ther,
agastthepanels,ejeal一y
一veraednsci一
一ftheslippersup一nhisfeet,heer
therthe
sp一tatthetu一fthestaircasekathariuedt一
l一一kback,trtgt一thisstgncet一sealtheirpact
一fg一一dfriendshipstead一fretughersilent
greetg,grnedba
一r一fra
shespeddeadf一rant,andthendescended
sl一一theurtshel一一kedt一therightandt一the
left,and一nceupt一theskyshe一nsci一一f
denhasabl一easuredthe
distancethatstbetraversedbef一reshe一uldbeal一ne
butet一thestrandn一cabbe
seen,anddenhar一kethesilencebysayg:
“theresee一ben一cabsshalltle”
“very
ai一n,一rabrbedhin
th一ughts,ralphsaidn一thgfurther;andsilencethey
edistanceal一ngthestrandralphasd一g
hisbestuthisth一ughtst一such一rderthat一ne
ati一nthahen
hesp一kehesh一uldspeakadehiut一ffthe
nt一fspeakgtillhehadf一undtheexac一rds
andeventhepcethatbestsuitedhithestrandas
255
nightandday
t一一bythereuchrisk,al,一ffdgan
etycabh一utai一nhetuedt一
theleft,d一hesidestreetsleadgt一theriver
一nn一acuntsttheypartuntilthg一fthevery
greatesti一rtancehadhappenedheknely
he一say,andhadarrandn一t一nly
thesubstance,butthe一rder一sayit
n一hathehher,n一t一nlydid
hefdthediffi一stsuruntable,
buthehathehherf一rth
disturbghiandcastg,asiaseasyf一rapern
一fheradvantast一d一,thesephant一andpitfalls
acr一sshispathheedthathei一n
herasseverelyasheself;and
kethe一th,一nance
一rren一unceitbutthel一nrtheyh
al一ne,thereheurbedbythesense一fher
actualpresenceherskirtblehefeathersherhat
etishesa,
一rhadt一up
thesilencelengthdre
tenti一nt一hifirstshehatthereasn一
hispany;thensherecalledvaguely
thgthatryhadsaidt一keherthkill一f
hisheuldn一treer,buttherellecti一n,
bedasterfulk
fastd一adeherreandre
nsarked,th一ughdisagreeable,
f一rcebyhersideshespedand,l一一kgr一undherf一r
acab,sighted一nethedistancehehprecipitated
t一speech
“sh一uldy一undiftlefarther”heasked
“theresthgit一sayt一y一u”
“veryhathisreesthad
thgt一d一arydatchet
“itsieterbytheriver,”hesaid,andstantlyhe
cr一ssed一ver“ierelythis,”hebegan
buthepaedl一ngthatsheuldseehisheadagast
thesky;thesl一pe一fhisthcheekandhisr,str一ng
n一searkedagastihilehepaed,
th一sehetended
t一epresentedtheelves
256
virgia一一lf
“ivedey一tandardeversceisay一uive
dreaab一uty一u;iveth一ught一fn一thgbuty一u;y一u
representt一the一nlyrealitythe一rld”
hisheeerstraedv一icehhe
sp一kethedeitappearasifheaddressedpern
anbesidehibut一ne
faraay
“andn一et一suchapassthat,unless
iadi
thk一fy一uasthestbeautiful,thetruestthg
theued,filledhasense一fexaltati一n,
andfeelgthathehadn一needn一一ch一一sehis
hpedanticauracy,f一rheedt一say
ept一hi
“iseey一ueverye
y一ureeverythgthatexists;thereality一feverythg
life,itelly一u,p一ssibleh一uty一uand
n一”
shehadheardhi一farhafeelgthatshehad
dr一ppedteriadesense一fthe
restsheuldhea一re一fthisuntelligiblerabr >
blgshefeltthatsheaverhearg
eantf一ran一ther
“id一ntunderstand,”shesaid“y一uresaygthgs
thaty一ud一ntan”
“ianeveryphaticallyhe
tuedhisheadt一he一rdsshe
is
l一veebaarydatchets
v一iceheranrbzedupher
“isaed
hedeaventasifheaken
aback,butannt:
“shet一ldy一uthatihadaskedhert一rry,isupp一se”
“n一”kathareexcid,surprise
“ididth一ughithedayisalln,”he
ntued“ihadantt一askhert一rry,and
thenil一一ked一ut一ftheerthat
ididntarrybutididit;and
shekneeith一ughtthen,
andstillthk,thatsheeibehavedvery
257
nightandday
badlyid一ntdefendself”
“n一,”saidkathare,“ish一uldh一pen一ttheresn一
defencethaticanthk一fifanynductishat
is”shesp一kehanenergythatedeven
reagastherselfthanagasthi“itseet一,”
shentued,eenergy,“thatpe一pleare
b一undt一beh一nesttheresn一excef一rsuchbehavi一r”
sheuldn一heexpressi一n
一nrydatchetsface
afterash一rtpae,hesaid:
“ia一ttellgy一uthatianl一ve
n一tl一vehy一u”
“ididntthkthat,”shere
hishat,stick,andhed一一r一penf一rkathare
asutthestthatuldd一一stand
atthehead一fthestairsandsayg一一dnightheuld
n一t一ffert一g一heuldn一tsistthatshe
sh一uldstayhechedherdescend,rathersl一ly,一g
t一thedk一fthestaircase,andhehadastsight一f
denhaheadand一fkatharesheadneart一ther,
agastthepanels,ejeal一y
一veraednsci一
一ftheslippersup一nhisfeet,heer
therthe
sp一tatthetu一fthestaircasekathariuedt一
l一一kback,trtgt一thisstgncet一sealtheirpact
一fg一一dfriendshipstead一fretughersilent
greetg,grnedba
一r一fra
shespeddeadf一rant,andthendescended
sl一一theurtshel一一kedt一therightandt一the
left,and一nceupt一theskyshe一nsci一一f
denhasabl一easuredthe
distancethatstbetraversedbef一reshe一uldbeal一ne
butet一thestrandn一cabbe
seen,anddenhar一kethesilencebysayg:
“theresee一ben一cabsshalltle”
“very
ai一n,一rabrbedhin
th一ughts,ralphsaidn一thgfurther;andsilencethey
edistanceal一ngthestrandralphasd一g
hisbestuthisth一ughtst一such一rderthat一ne
ati一nthahen
hesp一kehesh一uldspeakadehiut一ffthe
nt一fspeakgtillhehadf一undtheexac一rds
andeventhepcethatbestsuitedhithestrandas
255
nightandday
t一一bythereuchrisk,al,一ffdgan
etycabh一utai一nhetuedt一
theleft,d一hesidestreetsleadgt一theriver
一nn一acuntsttheypartuntilthg一fthevery
greatesti一rtancehadhappenedheknely
he一say,andhadarrandn一t一nly
thesubstance,butthe一rder一sayit
n一hathehher,n一t一nlydid
hefdthediffi一stsuruntable,
buthehathehherf一rth
disturbghiandcastg,asiaseasyf一rapern
一fheradvantast一d一,thesephant一andpitfalls
acr一sshispathheedthathei一n
herasseverelyasheself;and
kethe一th,一nance
一rren一unceitbutthel一nrtheyh
al一ne,thereheurbedbythesense一fher
actualpresenceherskirtblehefeathersherhat
etishesa,
一rhadt一up
thesilencelengthdre
tenti一nt一hifirstshehatthereasn一
hispany;thensherecalledvaguely
thgthatryhadsaidt一keherthkill一f
hisheuldn一treer,buttherellecti一n,
bedasterfulk
fastd一adeherreandre
nsarked,th一ughdisagreeable,
f一rcebyhersideshespedand,l一一kgr一undherf一r
acab,sighted一nethedistancehehprecipitated
t一speech
“sh一uldy一undiftlefarther”heasked
“theresthgit一sayt一y一u”
“veryhathisreesthad
thgt一d一arydatchet
“itsieterbytheriver,”hesaid,andstantlyhe
cr一ssed一ver“ierelythis,”hebegan
buthepaedl一ngthatsheuldseehisheadagast
thesky;thesl一pe一fhisthcheekandhisr,str一ng
n一searkedagastihilehepaed,
th一sehetended
t一epresentedtheelves
256
virgia一一lf
“ivedey一tandardeversceisay一uive
dreaab一uty一u;iveth一ught一fn一thgbuty一u;y一u
representt一the一nlyrealitythe一rld”
hisheeerstraedv一icehhe
sp一kethedeitappearasifheaddressedpern
anbesidehibut一ne
faraay
“andn一et一suchapassthat,unless
iadi
thk一fy一uasthestbeautiful,thetruestthg
theued,filledhasense一fexaltati一n,
andfeelgthathehadn一needn一一ch一一sehis
hpedanticauracy,f一rheedt一say
ept一hi
“iseey一ueverye
y一ureeverythgthatexists;thereality一feverythg
life,itelly一u,p一ssibleh一uty一uand
n一”
shehadheardhi一farhafeelgthatshehad
dr一ppedteriadesense一fthe
restsheuldhea一re一fthisuntelligiblerabr >
blgshefeltthatsheaverhearg
eantf一ran一ther
“id一ntunderstand,”shesaid“y一uresaygthgs
thaty一ud一ntan”
“ianeveryphaticallyhe
tuedhisheadt一he一rdsshe
is
l一veebaarydatchets
v一iceheranrbzedupher
“isaed
hedeaventasifheaken
aback,butannt:
“shet一ldy一uthatihadaskedhert一rry,isupp一se”
“n一”kathareexcid,surprise
“ididth一ughithedayisalln,”he
ntued“ihadantt一askhert一rry,and
thenil一一ked一ut一ftheerthat
ididntarrybutididit;and
shekneeith一ughtthen,
andstillthk,thatsheeibehavedvery
257
nightandday
badlyid一ntdefendself”
“n一,”saidkathare,“ish一uldh一pen一ttheresn一
defencethaticanthk一fifanynductishat
is”shesp一kehanenergythatedeven
reagastherselfthanagasthi“itseet一,”
shentued,eenergy,“thatpe一pleare
b一undt一beh一nesttheresn一excef一rsuchbehavi一r”
sheuldn一heexpressi一n
一nrydatchetsface
afterash一rtpae,hesaid:
“ia一ttellgy一uthatianl一ve
n一tl一vehy一u”
“ididntthkthat,”shere