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Chapter 17
Aguitarunwrappedfromablanketandtuned—andthesongs,whichwereallofthepeople,weresunginthenights.Mensangthewords,andwomenhummedthetunes.
Everynightaworldcreated,completewithfurniture—friendsmadeandenemiesestablished;aworldcompletewithbraggartsandwithcowards,withquietmen,withhumblemen,withkindlymen.Everynightrelationshipsthatmakeaworld,established;andeverymorningtheworldtorndownlikeacircus.
Atfirstthefamiliesweretimidinthebuildingandtumblingworlds,butgraduallythetechniqueofbuildingworldsbecametheirtechnique.Thenleadersemerged,thenlawsweremade,thencodescameintobeing.Andastheworldsmovedwestwardtheyweremorecompleteandbetterfurnished,fortheirbuildersweremoreexperiencedinbuildingthem.
Thefamilieslearnedwhatrightsmustbeobserved—therightofprivacyinthetent;therighttokeepthepastblackhiddenintheheart;therighttotalkandtolisten;therighttorefusehelportoaccept,toofferhelportodeclineit;therightofsontocourtanddaughtertobecourted;therightofthehungrytobefed;therightsofthepregnantandthesicktotranscendallotherrights.
Andthefamilieslearned,althoughnoonetoldthem,whatrightsaremonstrousandmustbedestroyed:therighttointrudeuponprivacy,therighttobenoisywhilethecampslept,therightofseductionorrape,therightofadulteryandtheftandmurder.Theserightswerecrushed,becausethelittleworldscouldnotexistforevenanightwithsuchrightsalive.
