Луна и грош

Chapter XXVI

           Withhisuntidybeardandlonghair,hisfeatures,alwaysalittlelargerthanlife,nowemphasisedbyillness,hehadanextraordinaryaspect;butitwassooddthatitwasnotquiteugly.Therewassomethingmonumentalinhisungainliness.Idonotknowhowtoexpresspreciselytheimpressionhemadeuponme.Itwasnotexactlyspiritualitythatwasobvious,thoughthescreenofthefleshseemedalmosttransparent,becausetherewasinhisfaceanoutrageoussensuality;but,thoughitsoundsnonsense,itseemedasthoughhissensualitywerecuriouslyspiritual.Therewasinhimsomethingprimitive.HeseemedtopartakeofthoseobscureforcesofnaturewhichtheGreekspersonifiedinshapesparthumanandpartbeast,thesatyrandthefaun.IthoughtofMarsyas,whomthegodflayedbecausehehaddaredtorivalhiminsong.Stricklandseemedtobearinhisheartstrangeharmoniesandunadventuredpatterns,andIforesawforhimanendoftortureanddespair.Ihadagainthefeelingthathewaspossessedofadevil;butyoucouldnotsaythatitwasadevilofevil,foritwasaprimitiveforcethatexistedbeforegoodandill.

           Hewasstilltooweaktopaint,andhesatinthestudio,silent,occupiedwithGodknowswhatdreams,orreading.Thebookshelikedwerequeer;sometimesIwouldfindhimporingoverthepoemsofMallarme,andhereadthemasachildreads,formingthewordswithhislips,andIwonderedwhatstrangeemotionhegotfromthosesubtlecadencesandobscurephrases;andagainIfoundhimabsorbedinthedetectivenovelsofGaboriau

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