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Chapter 1. Sun and Shadow

           TowardsthedistantlineofItaliancoast,indeed,itwasalittlerelievedbylightcloudsofmist,slowlyrisingfromtheevaporationofthesea,butitsoftenednowhereelse.Farawaythestaringroads,deepindust,staredfromthehill-side,staredfromthehollow,staredfromtheinterminableplain.Farawaythedustyvinesoverhangingwaysidecottages,andthemonotonouswaysideavenuesofparchedtreeswithoutshade,droopedbeneaththestareofearthandsky.Sodidthehorseswithdrowsybells,inlongfilesofcarts,creepingslowlytowardstheinterior;sodidtheirrecumbentdrivers,whentheywereawake,whichrarelyhappened;sodidtheexhaustedlabourersinthefields.Everythingthatlivedorgrew,wasoppressedbytheglare;exceptthelizard,passingswiftlyoverroughstonewalls,andthecicala,chirpinghisdryhotchirp,likearattle.Theverydustwasscorchedbrown,andsomethingquiveredintheatmosphereasiftheairitselfwerepanting.

           Blinds,shutters,curtains,awnings,wereallclosedanddrawntokeepoutthestare.Grantitbutachinkorkeyhole,anditshotinlikeawhite-hotarrow.Thechurcheswerethefreestfromit.Tocomeoutofthetwilightofpillarsandarches—dreamilydottedwithwinkinglamps,dreamilypeopledwithuglyoldshadowspiouslydozing,spitting,andbegging—wastoplungeintoafieryriver,andswimforlifetotheneareststripofshade.

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