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Chapter 16

           Hepaused;therainfellwithredoubledviolence.“Somedayone’sboundtocomeuponsomesortofchancetogetitallbackagain.Must!”hewhispereddistinctly,glaringatmyboots.

           ‘Ididnotevenknowwhatitwashewishedsomuchtoregain,whatitwashehadsoterriblymissed.Itmighthavebeensomuchthatitwasimpossibletosay.Apieceofass’sskin,accordingtoChester....Helookedupatmeinquisitively.“Perhaps.Iflife’slongenough,”Imutteredthroughmyteethwithunreasonableanimosity.“Don’treckontoomuchonit.”

           ‘“Jove!Ifeelasifnothingcouldevertouchme,”hesaidinatoneofsombreconviction.“Ifthisbusinesscouldn’tknockmeover,thenthere’snofearoftherebeingnotenoughtimetoclimbout,and...Helookedupwards.

           ‘Itstruckmethatitisfromsuchashethatthegreatarmyofwaifsandstraysisrecruited,thearmythatmarchesdown,downintoalltheguttersoftheearth.Assoonasheleftmyroom,that“bitofshelter,”hewouldtakehisplaceintheranks,andbeginthejourneytowardsthebottomlesspit.Iatleasthadnoillusions;butitwasI,too,whoamomentagohadbeensosureofthepowerofwords,andnowwasafraidtospeak,inthesamewayonedaresnotmoveforfearoflosingaslipperyhold.Itiswhenwetrytograpplewithanotherman’sintimateneedthatweperceivehowincomprehensible,wavering,andmistyarethebeingsthatsharewithusthesightofthestarsandthewarmthofthesun.

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