Возвращение на родину

II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble

           Asifalarmed,itdescendedontherightsideofthebarrow,withtheglideofawater-dropdownabud,andthenvanished.Themovementhadbeensufficienttoshowmoreclearlythecharacteristicsofthefigure,andthatitwasawoman’s.

           Thereasonofhersuddendisplacementnowappeared.Withherdroppingoutofsightontherightside,anewcomer,bearingaburden,protrudedintotheskyontheleftside,ascendedthetumulus,anddepositedtheburdenonthetop.Asecondfollowed,thenathird,afourth,afifth,andultimatelythewholebarrowwaspeopledwithburdenedfigures.

           Theonlyintelligiblemeaninginthissky-backedpantomimeofsilhouetteswasthatthewomanhadnorelationtotheformswhohadtakenherplace,wassedulouslyavoidingthese,andhadcomethitherforanotherobjectthantheirs.Theimaginationoftheobserverclungbypreferencetothatvanished,solitaryfigure,astosomethingmoreinteresting,moreimportant,morelikelytohaveahistoryworthknowingthanthesenewcomers,andunconsciouslyregardedthemasintruders.Buttheyremained,andestablishedthemselves;andthelonelypersonwhohithertohadbeenqueenofthesolitudedidnotatpresentseemlikelytoreturn.

           

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