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           How?

           Byvariousreiteratedfeminineinterrogationconcerningthemasculinedestinationwhither,theplacewhere,thetimeatwhich,thedurationforwhich,theobjectwithwhichinthecaseoftemporaryabsences,projectedoreffected.

           Whatmovedvisiblyabovethelistener’sandthenarrator’sinvisiblethoughts?

           Theupcastreflectionofalampandshade,aninconstantseriesofconcentriccirclesofvaryinggradationsoflightandshadow.

           Inwhatdirectionsdidlistenerandnarratorlie?

           Listener,S.E.byE.:Narrator,N.W.byW.:onthe53rdparalleloflatitude,N.,and6thmeridianoflongitude,W.:atanangleof45°totheterrestrialequator.

           Inwhatstateofrestormotion?

           Atrestrelativelytothemselvesandtoeachother.Inmotionbeingeachandbothcarriedwestward,forwardandrerewardrespectively,bytheproperperpetualmotionoftheearththrougheverchangingtracksofneverchangingspace.

           Inwhatposture?

           Listener:reclinedsemilaterally,left,lefthandunderhead,rightlegextendedinastraightlineandrestingonleftleg,flexed,intheattitudeofGea-Tellus,fulfilled,recumbent,bigwithseed.Narrator:reclinedlaterally,left,withrightandleftlegsflexed,theindexfingerandthumboftherighthandrestingonthebridgeofthenose,intheattitudedepictedinasnapshotphotographmadebyPercyApjohn,thechildmanweary,themanchildinthewomb.

           Womb?Weary?

           Herests.Hehastravelled