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Chapter 2
How?
Withcircumspection,asinvariablywhenenteringanabode(hisownornothisown):withsolicitude,thesnakespiralspringsofthemattressbeingold,thebrassquoitsandpendentviperradiilooseandtremulousunderstressandstrain:prudently,asenteringalairorambushoflustoradders:lightly,thelesstodisturb:reverently,thebedofconceptionandofbirth,ofconsummationofmarriageandofbreachofmarriage,ofsleepandofdeath.
Whatdidhislimbs,whengraduallyextended,encounter?
Newcleanbedlinen,additionalodours,thepresenceofahumanform,female,hers,theimprintofahumanform,male,nothis,somecrumbs,someflakesofpottedmeat,recooked,whichheremoved.
Ifhehadsmiledwhywouldhehavesmiled?
Toreflectthateachonewhoentersimagineshimselftobethefirsttoenterwhereasheisalwaysthelasttermofaprecedingseriesevenifthefirsttermofasucceedingone,eachimagininghimselftobefirst,last,onlyandalonewhereasheisneitherfirstnorlastnoronlynoraloneinaseriesoriginatinginandrepeatedtoinfinity.
