Волны

           Visualimpressionsoftencommunicatethusbrieflystatementsthatweshallintimetocomeuncoverandcoaxintowords.InoteunderF.,therefore,"Fininawasteofwaters."I,whoamperpetuallymakingnotesinthemarginofmymindforsomefinalstatement,makethismark,waitingforsomewinter’sevening.

           ’NowIshallgoandlunchsomewhere,Ishallholdmyglassup,Ishalllookthroughthewine,Ishallobservewithmorethanmyusualdetachment,andwhenaprettywomanenterstherestaurantandcomesdowntheroombetweenthetablesIshallsaytomyself,"Lookwhereshecomesagainstawasteofwaters."Ameaninglessobservation,buttome,solemn,slate-coloured,withafatalsoundofruiningworldsandwatersfallingtodestruction.

           ’So,Bernard(Irecallyou,youtheusualpartnerinmyenterprises),letusbeginthisnewchapter,andobservetheformationofthisnew,thisunknown,strange,altogetherunidentifiedandterrifyingexperience--thenewdrop--whichisabouttoshapeitself.Larpentisthatman’sname.’

           ’Inthishotafternoon,’saidSusan,’hereinthisgarden,hereinthisfieldwhereIwalkwithmyson,Ihavereachedthesummitofmydesires.Thehingeofthegateisrusty;heheavesitopen.Theviolentpassionsofchildhood,mytearsinthegardenwhenJinnykissedLouis,myrageintheschoolroom,whichsmeltofpine,mylonelinessinforeignplaces,whenthemulescameclatteringinontheirpointedhoofsandtheItalianwomenchatteredatthefountain,shawled,withcarnationstwistedintheirhair,arerewardedbysecurity,possession,familiarity.