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were a current it vibrated in the
cupboard64
to a current in the air, were

pierced by some a anguish or joy which thrill. The nature
of which was not disclosed. of an unknown nature. Then
.joyful or tragic,
as if a giant voice had screamed & shrieked so [illegible}65 at last to reach the cupboard where the tumblers stood.

again silence: or& then nothing but the sound of waves again, & the
& then, night after night, the & sometimes in plain midday,
when the roses were all blooming & the light was turning its
.shapely shape clearly, [?] & blazing color seemed to drop a stone in the w
even into this silence, & this indifference.   And
this brilliance, this complete indifference.
    Then the escaped, indeed those who had gone down to pace
the beach & ask of the sea & sky what message theyit reported or
what vision they66it madeaffirmed manifest, had to consider among
[?] the usual67 & the delightful tokens of divine bounty -
such as the sunset on the sea & the colour of the waves
& their frolic & their grandeur & the the majesty of
the cliffs the calm
moon
rising68
- something unexpected. For instance, a

murderous looking ship;69 would appear, or, leaden, ashen,
sinister; or, a little froth & stain upon the bland surface
of the sea, as if beneath something were foaming or &
being bitten by sharks be boiling beneath.
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