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Chapter 22

           Iswamon,theyfollowed,trulyGreekintheirobsessivecuriosity.ThenIlayoveragreatslabofrockwhichwarmedthewateralmosttobathheat.Theshadowoftheboatfellacrossit.Conchisledmealittlewaytoadeepfissurebetweentwoboulders,andtheresuspendedapieceofwhiteclothontheendofaline.Ihunglikeabirdinthewateroverhead,watchingfortheOctopushewastryingtoentice.Soonasinuoustentacleslippedoutandgropedthebait,thenotherswifttentacles,andhebeganskillfullytocoaxtheoctopusup;Ihadtriedthismyselfandknewitwasnotnearlyassimpleasthevillageboysmadeitseem.Theoctopuscamereluctantlybutinevitably,slow-whirling,fleshofdrownedsailors,itssuckeredarmsstretching,reaching,searching.Conchissuddenlygaffeditintotheboat,slasheditssacwithaknife,turneditinsideoutinamoment.Ileveredmyselfaboard."Ihavecaughtathousandinthisplace.Tonightanotherwillmoveintothatsamehole.Andhewilllethimselfbecaughtaseasily.""Poorthing.""Younoticerealityisnotnecessary.Eventheoctopuspreferstheideal."Apieceofoldwhitesheeting,fromwhichhehadtornhis"bait,"laybesidehim.IremembereditwasSundaymorning;thetimeforsermonsandparables.Helookedupfromthepuddleofsepia."Well,howdoyouliketheworldbelow?""Fantastic.Likeadream.""Likehumanity.Butinthevocabularyofmillionsofyearsago."Hethrewtheoctopusunderthethwart

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