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Chapter 53

           Butitwarn’tOldOrlickasdidit;itwasyou.Youwasfavored,andhewasbulliedandbeat.OldOrlickbulliedandbeat,eh?Nowyoupaysforit.Youdoneit;nowyoupaysforit."

           Hedrankagain,andbecamemoreferocious.Isawbyhistiltingofthebottlethattherewasnogreatquantityleftinit.Idistinctlyunderstoodthathewasworkinghimselfupwithitscontentstomakeanendofme.Iknewthateverydropitheldwasadropofmylife.IknewthatwhenIwaschangedintoapartofthevaporthathadcrepttowardsmebutalittlewhilebefore,likemyownwarningghost,hewoulddoashehaddoneinmysister’scasemakeallhastetothetown,andbeseenslouchingabouttheredrinkingatthealehouses.Myrapidmindpursuedhimtothetown,madeapictureofthestreetwithhiminit,andcontrasteditslightsandlifewiththelonelymarshandthewhitevaporcreepingoverit,intowhichIshouldhavedissolved.

           ItwasnotonlythatIcouldhavesummedupyearsandyearsandyearswhilehesaidadozenwords,butthatwhathedidsaypresentedpicturestome,andnotmerewords.Intheexcitedandexaltedstateofmybrain,Icouldnotthinkofaplacewithoutseeingit,orofpersonswithoutseeingthem.Itisimpossibletooverstatethevividnessoftheseimages,andyetIwassointent,allthetime,uponhimhimselfwhowouldnotbeintentonthetigercrouchingtospring!thatIknewoftheslightestactionofhisfingers.

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