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Chapter 32

           Ahealthymancantearhimselfawayfromthedeepestreflectionstosayacivilwordtosomeonewhocomesinandcanthenreturnagaintohisownthoughts.ButPrinceAndrew’smindwasnotinanormalstateinthatrespect.Allthepowersofhismindweremoreactiveandclearerthanever,buttheyactedapartfromhiswill.Mostdiversethoughtsandimagesoccupiedhimsimultaneously.Attimeshisbrainsuddenlybegantoworkwithavigor,clearness,anddepthithadneverreachedwhenhewasinhealth,butsuddenlyinthemidstofitsworkitwouldturntosomeunexpectedideaandhehadnotthestrengthtoturnitbackagain.

           “Yes,anewhappinesswasrevealedtomeofwhichmancannotbedeprived,”hethoughtashelayinthesemidarknessofthequiethut,gazingfixedlybeforehimwithfeverishwideopeneyes.“Ahappinesslyingbeyondmaterialforces,outsidethematerialinfluencesthatactonman—ahappinessofthesoulalone,thehappinessofloving.Everymancanunderstandit,buttoconceiveitandenjoinitwaspossibleonlyforGod.ButhowdidGodenjointhatlaw?AndwhywastheSon...?”

           Andsuddenlythesequenceofthesethoughtsbrokeoff,andPrinceAndrewheard(withoutknowingwhetheritwasadelusionorreality)asoftwhisperingvoiceincessantlyandrhythmicallyrepeating“piti-piti-piti,”andthen“titi,”andthenagain“piti-piti-piti,”and“ti-ti”oncemore.Atthesametimehefeltthatabovehisface,abovetheverymiddleofit,somestrangeairystructurewasbeingerectedoutofslenderneedlesorsplinters,tothesoundofthiswhisperedmusic.

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