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[1855] x ^{[place = overwritten] w}ay they'll bring him to the wall, and even to the precise point
of the where they have made other holes throuhg which to pass
their arms and seize him.[1856] How physical that all is.

[1857] And then, in-
capable of going any further, because of the obstacle ^{[place = supralinear] barrier [place = supralinear] obstacle}, and incap-
able of going any further in any case, and not needing to go any
further for the moment, because of the great silence which has
fallen, he will drop, assuming he had risen, but even a reptile
can drop, after a long flight, the expression may be used without
impropriety.

[1858] He will drop, it will be his first corner, his first
experience of the vertical support, vertical shelter, reinforcing
those of the ground.[1859] That must be something, while waiting for
oblivion, to feel a propr and a buckler, not only for one of one's
six surfaces, planes, but for two, for the first time, to feel exposed
on four sides only, while waiting for oblivion.

[1860] But Worm will never
know this joy but darkly, being less than a h ^{[place = overwritten] b}east, before he is
restored, more or m ^{[place = overwritten] l}ess, to that state in which he was before the
beginning of his prehistory.[1861] Then they will lay hold of him and
gather him into their midst.[1862] For if they could make a small hole
for the eye, and then bigger [ ^{[place = inline] /}]ones for the arms, they can make one
bigger still for the transit of Worm, from darkness to light.

[1863] But
what is the good of talking about what they will do as soon as
Worm sets himself in motion, so as to gather him without fail into
their midst, since he cannot set himself in motion, though he often
desires to, if when speaking of him one may speak of desire, and
one may not, one should not, but there it is, that is the way to
speak of him, that is the way to speak to him, as if he were alive,
as if he could understand, even though it serves no purpose, and it
serves none.

[1864] And it is a blessing for him that he cannot stir, even
though he suffers because of it, for it would be to sign his con-
demnation to life ^{[place = supralinear] [⁁] sentence}, to stir from where he is, in search of a little
calm and something of the silence of old.But perhaps one day he
will stir, the day when the little effort of the early stages, in
finitely weak, will have become, by dint of repx ^{[place = overwritten] e}tition, a great effort

[1865] But perhaps one day he
will stir, the day when the little effort of the early stages, in
finitely weak, will have become, by dint of repx ^{[place = overwritten] e}tition, a great effort