were a current it vibrated in the
cupboard 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} 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 theyit madeaffirmed manifest, had to consider among
[?] the usual & 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
rising - something unexpected. For instance, a
murderous looking ship; 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.