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[1467] have no more need of shade, on the contrary, nor birds of nests
to lay and hatch out in, and trees must blacken even wq^here no hear
heart beats, though it appears that some stay forever green^[  ] ,
for some obscure reason. [1468] And it is no doubt all the same to
Macmann whether it is spring or whether it is autumn, unless
he prefers summer to winter or inversely, which is improbable.

[1469] But it must not be thought he will never move again, out of this
place and attitude, for he has still the whole of his old age
before him, and then that kind of epilogue when it is not very
clear what is happening and which does not seem to add very
much to what has already been acquired or to shed any great light
on its confusion, but which no doubt has its usefulness, as
hay is left out to dry before being garnered.

[1470] He will te^herefore
rise, whether he likes it or not, and proceed by other places to
another place, and then by others still to yet another, unless
he comes back here where he seems to be snug enough, but one
never knows, does one? And so on, on, for long years. [1471] Because in
order not to die you must come and go, come and go, unless you
happen to have someone who brings you food wherever you happen
to me ^be, like myself.

[1472] And you can remain for two, three and even
four days without stirring hand or foot, w^but what are four days
when you have all old age before you, and then the lingers of
evaporation., a evaporation, a drop in the ocean. [1473] It is true
you know nothing of this, you flatter yourself you are hanging
by a thread like all mankind, but tht^at is not the point. [1474] For the
there is no point, no point in not knowing this or that, either
you know all or you know nothing, and Macmann knows nothing.