Морской волк

Chapter 26

           "Theman’ssoulishisdesires.Or,ifyouwill,thesumofhisdesiresishissoul.Thereinyouarebothwrong.Youlaythestressuponthedesireapartfromthesoul,MissBrewsterlaysthestressonthesoulapartfromthedesire,andinpointoffactsoulanddesirearethesamething.

           "However,"Icontinued,"MissBrewsterisrightincontendingthattemptationistemptationwhetherthemanyieldorovercome.Fireisfannedbythewinduntilitleapsupfiercely.Soisdesirelikefire.Itisfanned,asbyawind,bysightofthethingdesired,orbyanewandluringdescriptionorcomprehensionofthethingdesired.Thereliesthetemptation.Itisthewindthatfansthedesireuntilitleapsuptomastery.That’stemptation.Itmaynotfansufficientlytomakethedesireovermastering,butinsofarasitfansatall,thatfarisittemptation.And,asyousay,itmaytemptforgoodaswellasforevil."

           Ifeltproudofmyselfaswesatdowntothetable.Mywordshadbeendecisive.Atleasttheyhadputanendtothediscussion.

           ButWolfLarsenseemedvoluble,pronetospeechasIhadneverseenhimbefore.Itwasasthoughhewereburstingwithpentenergywhichmustfindanoutletsomehow.Almostimmediatelyhelaunchedintoadiscussiononlove.Asusual,hiswasthesheermaterialisticside,andMaud’swastheidealistic.Formyself,beyondawordorsoofsuggestionorcorrectionnowandagain,Itooknopart.

           Hewasbrilliant,butsowasMaud,andforsometimeIlostthethreadoftheconversationthroughstudyingherfaceasshetalked.

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