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Chapter 2

           Hetalkedonlywhenhehadto,andthenhisspeechwaslikehiswalktothetable,filledwithjerksandhaltsashegropedinhispolyglotvocabularyforwords,debatingoverwordsheknewwerefitbutwhichhefearedhecouldnotpronounce,rejectingotherwordsheknewwouldnotbeunderstoodorwouldberawandharsh. Butallthetimehewasoppressedbytheconsciousnessthatthiscarefulnessofdictionwasmakingaboobyofhim,preventinghimfromexpressingwhathehadinhim. Also,hisloveoffreedomchafedagainsttherestrictioninmuchthesamewayhisneckchafedagainstthestarchedfetterofacollar. Besides,hewasconfidentthathecouldnotkeepitup. Hewasbynaturepowerfulofthoughtandsensibility,andthecreativespiritwasrestiveandurgent. Hewasswiftlymasteredbytheconceptorsensationinhimthatstruggledinbirth-throestoreceiveexpressionandform,andthenheforgothimselfandwherehewas,andtheoldwordsthetoolsofspeechheknewslippedout. 

           Once,hedeclinedsomethingfromtheservantwhointerruptedandpesteredathisshoulder,andhesaid,shortlyandemphatically,"Pew!" 

           Ontheinstantthoseatthetablewerekeyedupandexpectant,theservantwassmuglypleased,andhewaswallowinginmortification. Butherecoveredhimselfquickly. 

           "It’stheKanakafor‘finish,’"heexplained,"anditjustcomeoutnaturally. It’sspeltp-a-u." 

           Hecaughthercuriousandspeculativeeyesfixedonhishands,and,beinginexplanatorymood,hesaid:- 

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