Коханець леді Чаттерлей
Chapter 4
’MydearClifford,thinkofthewaywetalkeachotherover,allofus.I’mratherworsethananybodyelse,myself.BecauseIinfinitelypreferthespontaneousspitetotheconcoctedsugaries;nowtheyarepoison;whenIbeginsayingwhatafinefellowCliffordis,etc.,etc.,thenpoorCliffordistobepitied.ForGod’ssake,allofyou,sayspitefulthingsaboutme,thenIshallknowImeansomethingtoyou.Don’tsaysugaries,orI’mdone.’
’Oh,butIdothinkwehonestlylikeoneanother,’saidHammond.
’Itellyouwemust...wesaysuchspitefulthingstooneanother,aboutoneanother,behindourbacks!I’mtheworst.’
’AndIdothinkyouconfusethementallifewiththecriticalactivity.Iagreewithyou,Socratesgavethecriticalactivityagrandstart,buthedidmorethanthat,’saidCharlieMay,rathermagisterially.Thecronieshadsuchacuriouspomposityundertheirassumedmodesty.Itwasallsoexcathedra,anditallpretendedtobesohumble.
DukesrefusedtobedrawnaboutSocrates.
’That’squitetrue,criticismandknowledgearenotthesamething,’saidHammond.
’Theyaren’t,ofcourse,’chimedinBerry,abrown,shyyoungman,whohadcalledtoseeDukes,andwasstayingthenight.
Theyalllookedathimasiftheasshadspoken.
’Iwasn’ttalkingaboutknowledge...Iwastalkingaboutthementallife,’laughedDukes.’Realknowledgecomesoutofthewholecorpusoftheconsciousness;outofyourbellyandyourpenisasmuchasoutofyourbrainandmind.Themindcanonlyanalyseandrationalize.
