Chapter 10

           MyintimacywithWolfLarsenincreasesifbyintimacymaybedenotedthoserelationswhichexistbetweenmasterandman,or,betteryet,betweenkingandjester.Iamtohimnomorethanatoy,andhevaluesmenomorethanachildvaluesatoy.Myfunctionistoamuse,andsolongasIamuseallgoeswell;butlethimbecomebored,orlethimhaveoneofhisblackmoodscomeuponhim,andatonceIamrelegatedfromcabintabletogalley,while,atthesametime,Iamfortunatetoescapewithmylifeandawholebody.

           Thelonelinessofthemanisslowlybeingborneinuponme.Thereisnotamanaboardbuthatesorfearshim,noristhereamanwhomhedoesnotdespise.Heseemsconsumingwiththetremendouspowerthatisinhimandthatseemsnevertohavefoundadequateexpressioninworks.HeisasLuciferwouldbe,werethatproudspiritbanishedtoasocietyofsoulless,Tomlinsonianghosts.

           Thislonelinessisbadenoughinitself,but,tomakeitworse,heisoppressedbytheprimalmelancholyoftherace.Knowinghim,IreviewtheoldScandinavianmythswithclearerunderstanding.Thewhite-skinned,fair-hairedsavageswhocreatedthatterriblepantheonwereofthesamefibreashe.Thefrivolityofthelaughter-lovingLatinsisnopartofhim.Whenhelaughsitisfromahumourthatisnothingelsethanferocious.Buthelaughsrarely;heistoooftensad.Anditisasadnessasdeep-reachingastherootsoftherace.

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