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Chapter 2

           Later,atthepiano,sheplayedforhim,andathim,aggressively,withthevagueintentofemphasizingtheimpassablenessofthegulfthatseparatedthem. Hermusicwasaclubthatsheswungbrutallyuponhishead; andthoughitstunnedhimandcrushedhimdown,itincitedhim. Hegazeduponherinawe. Inhismind,asinherown,thegulfwidened; butfasterthanitwidened,toweredhisambitiontowinacrossit. Buthewastoocomplicatedaplexusofsensibilitiestositstaringatagulfawholeevening,especiallywhentherewasmusic. Hewasremarkablysusceptibletomusic. Itwaslikestrongdrink,firinghimtoaudacitiesoffeeling,adrugthatlaidholdofhisimaginationandwentcloud-soaringthroughthesky. Itbanishedsordidfact,floodedhismindwithbeauty,loosedromanceandtoitsheelsaddedwings. Hedidnotunderstandthemusicsheplayed. Itwasdifferentfromthedance-hallpiano-bangingandblatantbrassbandshehadheard. Buthehadcaughthintsofsuchmusicfromthebooks,andheacceptedherplayinglargelyonfaith,patientlywaiting,atfirst,fortheliftingmeasuresofpronouncedandsimplerhythm,puzzledbecausethosemeasureswerenotlongcontinued. Justashecaughttheswingofthemandstarted,hisimaginationattunedinflight,alwaystheyvanishedawayinachaoticscrambleofsoundsthatwasmeaninglesstohim,andthatdroppedhisimagination,aninertweight,backtoearth. 

           Once,itenteredhismindthattherewasadeliberaterebuffinallthis. Hecaughtherspiritofantagonismandstrovetodivinethemessagethatherhandspronounceduponthekeys. Thenhedismissedthethoughtasunworthyandimpossible,andyieldedhimselfmorefreelytothemusic. Theolddelightfulconditionbegantobeinduced. Hisfeetwerenolongerclay,andhisfleshbecamespirit; beforehiseyesandbehindhiseyesshoneagreatglory; andthenthescenebeforehimvanishedandhewasaway,rockingovertheworldthatwastohimaverydearworld. 

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