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Chapter 14

           Theoldman’snervousintensity,thatjerkingfromoneplacetoanother,onesubjecttoanother,hisjauntywalk,thegnomicanswersandmystifications,theweirdffinging-upofhisarmswhenIleftallhismannerismssuggested,werecalculatedtosuggest,thathewantedtoseemyoungerandmorevitalthanhewas.Thereremainedthepeculiarbusinessofthepoetrybook,whichhemusthavehadreadytopuzzleme.IhadbeenswimmingalongtimethatfirstSunday,faroutinthebay,andhecouldeasilyhaveslippedthethingsontotheBouraniendofthebeachwhileIwasinthewater.Butitseemedanoddlydeviousmeansofintroduction.Thenwhatdidmy"beingelect"meanour"havingmuchtodiscover"?Initselfitcouldmeannothing;inregardtohimitcouldmeanonlythathewasmad.AndSomewouldsayIlivedalone:Irememberedthescarcelyconcealedcontemptwithwhichhehadsaidthat.Ifoundalarge-scalemapoftheislandintheschoollibrary.TheboundariesoftheBouraniestateweremarked.Isawitwasbigger,especiallytotheeast,thanIhadrealized:sixorsevenhectares,somefifteenacres.AgainandagainIthoughtofit,perchedonitslonelypromontory,duringthewearyhoursofploddingthroughEckersley’spurgatorialEnglishCourse.Ienjoyedconversationclasses,IenjoyeddoingmoreadvancedworkwithwhatwasknownasthePhilologicSixth,asmallgroupofeighteen-year-olddudswhoweredoinglanguagesonlybecausetheywerehopelessatscience,buttheendlessbusinessof"drilling"thebeginnersboredmeintostone

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