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Chapter 42

           Hewouldmakethevalleyandthebayhisheadquarters. HewouldbuildapatriarchalgrasshouselikeTati’s,andhaveitandthevalleyandtheschoonerfilledwithdark-skinnedservitors. HewouldentertaintherethefactorofTaiohae,captainsofwanderingtraders,andallthebestoftheSouthPacificriffraff. Hewouldkeepopenhouseandentertainlikeaprince. Andhewouldforgetthebookshehadopenedandtheworldthathadprovedanillusion. 

           TodoallthishemustwaitinCaliforniatofillthesackwithmoney. Alreadyitwasbeginningtoflowin. Ifoneofthebooksmadeastrike,itmightenablehimtosellthewholeheapofmanuscripts. Alsohecouldcollectthestoriesandthepoemsintobooks,andmakesureofthevalleyandthebayandtheschooner. Hewouldneverwriteagain. Uponthathewasresolved. Butinthemeantime,awaitingthepublicationofthebooks,hemustdosomethingmorethanlivedazedandstupidinthesortofuncaringtranceintowhichhehadfallen. 

           Henoted,oneSundaymorning,thattheBricklayers’PicnictookplacethatdayatShellMoundPark,andtoShellMoundParkhewent. Hehadbeentotheworking-classpicnicstooofteninhisearlierlifenottoknowwhattheywerelike,andasheenteredtheparkheexperiencedarecrudescenceofalltheoldsensations. Afterall,theywerehiskind,theseworkingpeople. Hehadbeenbornamongthem,hehadlivedamongthem,andthoughhehadstrayedforatime,itwaswelltocomebackamongthem. 

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