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Chapter 26

           WhathadIdone,Idemandedindignantlyofmyself,todeservethiswretchednesswhichnowealthcouldcure?—whywasfatesounjust?Likeallmykind,IwasunabletodiscernthesmallyetstronglinksofthechainIhadmyselfwrought,andwhichboundmetomyownundoing—Iblamedfate,orratherGod—andtalkedofinjustice,merelybecauseIpersonallysuffered,neverrealizingthatwhatIconsideredunjustwasbuttheequitablemeasuringforthofthatEternalLawwhichiscarriedoutwithasmathematicalanexactitudeasthemovementoftheplanets,notwithstandingman’spigmyeffortstoimpedeitsfulfilment.ThelightwindblowingdownfromthesnowpeaksabovemeruffledtheplacidityofthelittlelakebywhichIaimlesslystrolled—Iwatchedthetinyripplesbreakoveritssurfacelikethelinesoflaughteronahumanface,andwonderedmoroselywhetheritwasdeepenoughtodrownin!Forwhatwastheuseoflivingon—knowingwhatIknew!KnowingthatshewhomIhadloved,andwhomIlovedstillinawaythatwashatefultomyself,wasathingvilerandmoreshamelessincharacterthantheveriestpoordrabofthestreetwhosellsherselfforcurrentcoin—thatthelovelybodyandangel-facewerebutanattractivedisguiseforthesoulofaharpy—avultureofvice,...

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