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VI. The Figure against the Sky

           Itwasawornwhisper,dryandpapery,anditbrushedsodistinctlyacrosstheearthat,bytheaccustomed,thematerialminutiaeinwhichitoriginatedcouldberealizedasbytouch.Itwastheunitedproductsofinfinitesimalvegetablecauses,andthesewereneitherstems,leaves,fruit,blades,prickles,lichen,normoss.

           Theywerethemummiedheathbellsofthepastsummer,originallytenderandpurple,nowwashedcolourlessbyMichaelmasrains,anddriedtodeadskinsbyOctobersuns.Solowwasanindividualsoundfromthesethatacombinationofhundredsonlyjustemergedfromsilence,andthemyriadsofthewholedeclivityreachedthewoman’searbutasashrivelledandintermittentrecitative.Yetscarcelyasingleaccentamongthemanyafloattonightcouldhavesuchpowertoimpressalistenerwiththoughtsofitsorigin.Oneinwardlysawtheinfinityofthosecombinedmultitudes;andperceivedthateachofthetinytrumpetswasseizedonentered,scouredandemergedfrombythewindasthoroughlyasifitwereasvastasacrater.

           “Thespiritmovedthem.”Ameaningofthephraseforceditselfupontheattention;andanemotionallistener’sfetichisticmoodmighthaveendedinoneofmoreadvancedquality.Itwasnot,afterall,thattheleft-handexpanseofoldbloomsspoke,ortheright-hand,orthoseoftheslopeinfront;butitwasthesinglepersonofsomethingelsespeakingthrougheachatonce.

           Suddenly,onthebarrow,theremingledwithallthiswildrhetoricofnightasoundwhichmodulatedsonaturallyintotherestthatitsbeginningandendingwerehardlytobedistinguished.

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