Портрет художника в юности
Chapter 4
What,then,hadbecomeofthatdeep-rootedshynessofhiswhichhadmadehimlothtoeatordrinkunderastrangeroof?Whathadcomeoftheprideofhisspiritwhichhadalwaysmadehimconceivehimselfasabeingapartineveryorder?
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Hisnameinthatnewlifeleapedintocharactersbeforehiseyesandtoittherefollowedamentalsensationofanundefinedfaceorcolourofaface.Thecolourfadedandbecamestronglikeachangingglowofpallidbrickred.Wasittherawreddishglowhehadsooftenseenonwintrymorningsontheshavengillsofthepriests?Thefacewaseyelessandsour-favouredanddevout,shotwithpinktingesofsuffocatedanger.WasitnotamentalspectreofthefaceofoneofthejesuitswhomsomeoftheboyscalledLanternJawsandothersFoxyCampbell?
HewaspassingatthatmomentbeforethejesuithouseinGardinerStreetandwonderedvaguelywhichwindowwouldbehisifheeverjoinedtheorder.Thenhewonderedatthevaguenessofhiswonder,attheremotenessofhisownsoulfromwhathehadhithertoimaginedhersanctuary,atthefrailholdwhichsomanyyearsoforderandobediencehadofhimwhenonceadefiniteandirrevocableactofhisthreatenedtoendforever,intimeandineternity,hisfreedom.Thevoiceofthedirectorurginguponhimtheproudclaimsofthechurchandthemysteryandpowerofthepriestlyofficerepeateditselfidlyinhismemory.
