Возвращение на родину

III. The Custom of the Country

           Itshowedthebarrowtobethesegmentofaglobe,asperfectasonthedaywhenitwasthrownup,eventhelittleditchremainingfromwhichtheearthwasdug.Notaploughhadeverdisturbedagrainofthatstubbornsoil.Intheheath’sbarrennesstothefarmerlayitsfertilitytothehistorian.Therehadbeennoobliteration,becausetherehadbeennotending.

           Itseemedasifthebonfire-makerswerestandinginsomeradiantupperstoryoftheworld,detachedfromandindependentofthedarkstretchesbelow.Theheathdowntherewasnowavastabyss,andnolongeracontinuationofwhattheystoodon;fortheireyes,adaptedtotheblaze,couldseenothingofthedeepsbeyonditsinfluence.Occasionally,itistrue,amorevigorousflarethanusualfromtheirfaggotssentdartinglightslikeaides-de-campdowntheinclinestosomedistantbush,pool,orpatchofwhitesand,kindlingthesetorepliesofthesamecolour,tillallwaslostindarknessagain.ThenthewholeblackphenomenonbeneathrepresentedLimboasviewedfromthebrinkbythesublimeFlorentineinhisvision,andthemutteredarticulationsofthewindinthehollowswereascomplaintsandpetitionsfromthe“soulsofmightyworth”suspendedtherein.

           Itwasasifthesemenandboyshadsuddenlydivedintopastages,andfetchedtherefromanhouranddeedwhichhadbeforebeenfamiliarwiththisspot.TheashesoftheoriginalBritishpyrewhichblazedfromthatsummitlayfreshandundisturbedinthebarrowbeneaththeirtread.Theflamesfromfuneralpileslongagokindledtherehadshonedownuponthelowlandsasthesewereshiningnow.

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