第63章

Rather，hewasasnow-whitedove，thoughnonebutIrealisedthefact。Andnowhehasbeenwithdrawnfromthe’grievousbondageofPharaoh。’OnlyIamleft。Verily，aftermypassing，shallmysoultormentandvomitspittleuponhisadversaries！“

“Haveyouknownmuchsorrow？“

Thedeacondidnotreplyatonce。Whenhedidsohesaiddully:

“Allofushaveknownmuchsorrow。Insomecaseswehaveknownmorethanwasrightfullyourdue。Icertainly，haveknownmuch。

Butgotosleep，foronlyinsleepdowerecoverwhatisours。“

Andheaddedashetrippedoverhisownfeet，andlurchedheavilyagainstme:

“Ihavealongingtosingsomething。YetIfeelthatIhadbestnot，forsongatsuchanhourawakensfolk，andstartsthembawling……ButbeyondallthingswouldIgladlysing。“

Withwhichhebuzzedintomyear:

“TowhomshallIsingofmygrief？

Towhomresortforrelief？

TotheOneinwhoseha-a-and——“

Atthispointthesharpbristlesofhisbeardsotickledmyneckastocausemetoedgefurtheraway。

“Youdonotlikeme？“hequeried。“Thengotosleep，andtothedeviltoo！“

“Itwasyourbeardthatwasticklingme。“

“Indeed？OughtItohaveshavedforyourbenefitbeforeIcame？“

Hereflectedawhile——thensubsidedontothefloorwithasniffandanangryexclamationof:

“Read，you，whilstIsleep。Andseetoitthatyoudonotmakeoffwiththebook，foritbelongstothechurch，andisveryvaluable。Yes。Iknowyouhard-ups！Whydoyougoroamingaboutasyoudo——whatisityouhopetogainbyyourtramping？……

However，trampasmuchasyoulike。Yes，beoff，andtellpeoplethatadeaconhascomebymisfortune，andisinneedofsomegoodpersontotakepityuponhisplight……DiomidKubasovmynameis——thatofamanlostbeyondrecall。“

Withwhichhefellasleep。Openingthebookatrandom，Ireadthewords:

“Alandunapportionedthatshallproduceanourisherofhumanity，abeingthatshallputforththebountyofhishandtofeedeverycreature。“

“Anourisherofhumanity。“Beforemyeyesthat“nourisher“layoutspread，anourisheroverlaidwithdryandfragrantherbage。

AndasIgazed，inthehazeofavision，uponthatnourisher’sdarkandenigmaticalface，Isawalsothethousandsofmenwhohaveseamedthisearthwithfurrows，totheendthatdeadthingsshouldbecomethingsoflife。Andinparticular，thereuprosebeforemeapicturestrangeindeed。InthatpictureIsawmarchingoverthesteppe，wheretheexpanselaybareandvoid——yes，marchingincirclesthatincreasinglyembracedawideningarea——agigantic，thousand-handedbeinginwhosetrainthedeadsteppegathereduntoitselfvitality，andbecameswathedinjuicy，wavingverdure，andstuddedwithtownsandvillages。Andever，asthebeingrecededfurtherandfurtherintothedistance，couldI

seehimsowingwithtirelesshandsthatwhichhadinitlife，andwaspartofhimself，andhumanas，withthoughtsintentuponthebenefitingofhumanity，hesummonedallmentoputforththemysteriousforcethatisinthem，andthustoconquerdeath，andeternallyandinvinciblytoconvert，deadthingsintothingsoflife，whiletraversingincompanytheroadofdeathtowardsthatwhichhasnoknowledg

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