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Chapter 80

           

           Inthathoursherepeatedwhatthemercifuleyesofsolitudehavelookedonforagesinthespiritualstrugglesofman—shebesoughthardnessandcoldnessandachingwearinesstobringherrelieffromthemysteriousincorporealmightofheranguish:shelayonthebarefloorandletthenightgrowcoldaroundher;whilehergrandwoman’sframewasshakenbysobsasifshehadbeenadespairingchild.

           Thereweretwoimages—twolivingformsthattoreherheartintwo,asifithadbeentheheartofamotherwhoseemstoseeherchilddividedbythesword,andpressesonebleedinghalftoherbreastwhilehergazegoesforthinagonytowardsthehalfwhichiscarriedawaybythelyingwomanthathasneverknownthemother’spang.

           Here,withthenearnessofanansweringsmile,herewithinthevibratingbondofmutualspeech,wasthebrightcreaturewhomshehadtrusted—whohadcometoherlikethespiritofmorningvisitingthedimvaultwhereshesatasthebrideofaworn-outlife;andnow,withafullconsciousnesswhichhadneverawakenedbefore,shestretchedoutherarmstowardshimandcriedwithbittercriesthattheirnearnesswasapartingvision:shediscoveredherpassiontoherselfintheunshrinkingutteranceofdespair.

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