Голод
Part I
AndthentheLordwithdrewHisfinger,andtherewerefibresanddelicateroot-likefilamentsadheringtothefinger,andtheywerethenerve-threadsofthefilaments.Andtherewasagapingholeafterthefinger,whichwasGod’sfinger,andawoundinmybraininthetrackofHisfinger.ButwhenGodhadtouchedmewithHisfinger,Heletmebe,andtouchedmenomore,andletnoevilbefallme;butletmedepartinpeace,andletmedepartwiththegapinghole.AndnoevilhathbefallenmefromtheGodwhoistheLordGodofallEternity.
ThesoundofmusicwasborneuponthewindtomefromtheStudents’Allée.Itwasthereforepasttwoo’clock.Itookoutmywritingmaterialstotrytowritesomething,andatthesametimemybookofshaving-tickets1felloutofmypocket.Iopenedit,andcountedthetickets;thereweresix."TheLordbepraised,"Iexclaimedinvoluntarily;"Icanstillgetshavedforacoupleofweeks,andlookalittledecent";andIimmediatelyfellintoabetterframeofmindonaccountofthislittlepropertywhichstillremainedtome.Ismoothedtheleavesoutcarefully,andputthebooksafelyintomypocket.
ButwriteIcouldnot.Afterafewlinesnothingseemedtooccurtome;mythoughtraninotherdirections,andIcouldnotpullmyselftogetherenoughforanyspecialexertion.
Everythinginfluencedanddistractedme;everythingIsawmadeafreshimpressiononme.Fliesandtinymosquitoesstickfasttothepaperanddisturbme.
