Сестра Керри

Chapter XLVII. The Way Of The Beaten: A Harp In The Wind

           

           AndnowCarriehadattainedthatwhichinthebeginningseemedlife’sobject,or,atleast,suchfractionofitashumanbeingseverattainoftheiroriginaldesires.Shecouldlookaboutonhergownsandcarriage,herfurnitureandbankaccount.Friendstherewere,astheworldtakesit—thosewhowouldbowandsmileinacknowledgmentofhersuccess.Fortheseshehadoncecraved.Applausetherewas,andpublicity—oncefaroff,essentialthings,butnowgrowntrivialandindifferent.Beautyalso—hertypeofloveliness—andyetshewaslonely.Inherrocking-chairshesat,whennototherwiseengaged—singinganddreaming.

           Thusinlifethereisevertheintellectualandtheemotionalnature—themindthatreasons,andthemindthatfeels.Ofonecomethemenofaction—generalsandstatesmen;oftheother,thepoetsanddreamers—artistsall.

           Asharpsinthewind,thelatterrespondtoeverybreathoffancy,voicingintheirmoodsalltheebbandflowoftheideal.

           Manhasnotyetcomprehendedthedreameranymorethanhehastheideal.Forhimthelawsandmoralsoftheworldareundulysevere.Everhearkeningtothesoundofbeauty,strainingfortheflashofitsdistantwings,hewatchestofollow,wearyinghisfeetintravelling.SowatchedCarrie,sofollowed,rockingandsinging.

           Anditmustberememberedthatreasonhadlittlepartinthis.Chicagodawning,shesawthecityofferingmoreoflovelinessthanshehadeverknown,andinstinctively,byforceofhermoodsalone,clungtoit.Infineraimentandelegantsurroundings,menseemedtobecontented.Hence,shedrewnearthesethings.

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