
[1339] first sight the heavens seemed uniformly gloomy.
[1340] But with [place = supralinear] [⁁]by taking a little pains,
for [place = supralinear] [⁁]there were moments in my life [place = supralinear] [⁁]when I sometimes was at [place = supralinear] [⁁]took a little pains pains, I obtained a result, that is to
say I took [place = supralinear] [⁁]came to a decision, in this matter.
[1341] So I was able to continue on my
way, saying, I am going towards the sun, that is to say in theory towards
the East, or perhaps the South-East, for I am no longer with Lousse, but
out in the heart again of this [place = supralinear] [⁁]the pre-established harmony, which makes so
sweet a music, which is so sweet a music, for him [place = supralinear] [⁁]one who has ears to hear. [place = supralinear] [⁁]an ear for music.
[1342] Per [place = overwritten] ople [place = supralinear] for the most part were hastening angrily to and fro, most of them, were coming and going with rare exceptions with nervous precipitate some in the shelter of the umbrella, others in that perhaps a little
step,
less effective of the rainproof coat.
[1343] And others there were who [place = supralinear] [⁁]A few had
taken refuge under trees and archways.
[1344] And among those who, more cour-
-ageous or less delicate, came and went, and among those who had stopped,
to avoid getting wet, many a one must have said, They are right, I am
wrong, meaning by they the category to which they [place = supralinear] [⁁]he did not belong, or so
I imagine.
[1345] As many a one too must have said, I am right, they are wrong,
while continuing to storm against the foul weather that [place = supralinear] [⁁]was the occasion of his superiority. revealed [place = supralinear] showed up people [1346] But at the sight of a young old man of wretched aspect, shivering
thus.
all alone in a narrow doorway, I suddenly remembered the project
conceived the day of my encounter with Lousse and her dog and which this
encounter had prevented me from carrying out.
[1347] So I went and stood beside
the old man [place = supralinear] [⁁]him, with the air I o [place = overwritten] hoped of one who says, Here's a clever fellow,
let me follow his example.
[1348] But before I could make my o [place = overwritten] little speech,
which I wished to seem spontaneous and so did not make at once, he went
out into the rain and away.
[1349] For this speech was one liable, in virtue
of its content, if not to offend at least to astonish.
[1350] And that was why
it was important to deliver it at the right moment and in the right tone.
[1351] I apologise for these details, in a moment we'll go faster, much faster.
[1352] And then perhaps relapse again into a wealth of filthy circumstance.
[1353] But which in its turn again will give rise [place = supralinear] [⁁]way to vast frescoes, dashed off
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