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Chapter 6

           HedughisheelsinatQ.Qhewassureof.Qhecoulddemonstrate.IfQthenisQ—R—.Hereheknockedhispipeout,withtwoorthreeresonanttapsonthehandleoftheurn,andproceeded."ThenR..."Hebracedhimself.Heclenchedhimself.

           Qualitiesthatwouldhavesavedaship’scompanyexposedonabroilingseawithsixbiscuitsandaflaskofwater—enduranceandjustice,foresight,devotion,skill,cametohishelp.Risthen—whatisR?

           Ashutter,liketheleatherneyelidofalizard,flickeredovertheintensityofhisgazeandobscuredtheletterR.Inthatflashofdarknessheheardpeoplesaying—hewasafailure—thatRwasbeyondhim.HewouldneverreachR.OntoR,oncemore.R—

           QualitiesthatinadesolateexpeditionacrosstheicysolitudesofthePolarregionwouldhavemadehimtheleader,theguide,thecounsellor,whosetemper,neithersanguinenordespondent,surveyswithequanimitywhatistobeandfacesit,cametohishelpagain.R—

           Thelizard’seyeflickeredoncemore.Theveinsonhisforeheadbulged.Thegeraniumintheurnbecamestartlinglyvisibleand,displayedamongitsleaves,hecouldsee,withoutwishingit,thatold,thatobviousdistinctionbetweenthetwoclassesofmen;ontheonehandthesteadygoersofsuperhumanstrengthwho,ploddingandpersevering,repeatthewholealphabetinorder,twenty-sixlettersinall,fromstarttofinish;ontheotherthegifted,theinspiredwho,miraculously,lumpalltheletterstogetherinoneflash—thewayofgenius.

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