Волхв

Chapter 28

           Weallregardedmedicineasareligion,andwecalledourselvestheSocietyofReason.Wesawthedoctorsoftheworldunitingtoformascientificandethicalelite.Weshouldbeineverylandandineverygovernment,moralsupermenwhowoulderadicatealldemagogy,allself-seekingpoliticians,reaction,chauvinism.Wepublishedamanifesto.WeheldapublicmeetinginacinemaatNeuilly.ButtheCommunistsgottohearofit.TheycalledusFascistsandwreckedthecinema.Wetriedanothermeetinginanotherplace.ThatwasattendedbyagroupwhocalledthemselvestheMilitiaofChristianYouthCatholicultras.Theirmanners,ifnottheirfaces,wereidenticalwiththoseoftheCommunists.Whichwaswhattheytermedus.Soourgrandschemeforutopianizingtheworldwassettledintwoscuffles.Andheavybillsfordamages.IwassecretaryoftheSocietyofReason.Nothingcouldhavebeenlessreasonablethanmyfellowmemberswhenitcametopayingtheirshareofthebills.Nodoubtwedeservedwhatwereceived.Anyfoolcaninventaplanforamorereasonableworld.Intenminutes.Infive.Buttoexpectpeopletolivereasonablyislikeaskingthemtoliveonparegoric."Heturnedtome."Wouldyouliketoreadourmanifesto,Nicholas?""Verymuch.""Iwillgoandgetit.Andfetchthebrandy."Andso,sosoon,IwasalonewithLily.ButbeforeIcouldphrasetherightremark,thequestionthatwouldshowherIsawnoreasonwhyinConchis’sabsencesheshouldmaintainthepretendingtobelieve,shestoodup."Shallwewalkupanddown?"Iwalkedbesideher.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 223 из 822