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Chapter 29

           "WheneverIseeaphotographofateeminghordeofChinesepeasants,orofsomemilitaryprocession,wheneverIseeacheapnewspapercrammedwithadvertisementsformass-producedrubbish.Ortherubbishitselfthatlargestoressell.WheneverIseethehorrorsofthepaxAmericana,ofcivilizationscondemnedtocenturyaftercenturyofmediocritybecauseofoverpopulationandundereducation,IseealsodeDeukans.WheneverIseelackofspaceandlackofgrace,Ithinkofhim.Oneday,manymillenniafromnow,therewillperhapsbeaworldinwhichthereareonlysuchchâteaux,ortheirequivalents,andsuchmenandwomen.Andinsteadoftheirhavingtogrow,likemushrooms,fromaputrescentcompostofinequalityandexploitation,theywillcomefromanevolutionascontrolledandorderedasdeDeukans’stinyworldatGivray-le-Duc.Apollowillreignagain.AndDionysuswillreturntotheshadowsfromwhichhecame."Wasthatit?IsawtheApollosceneinadifferentlight.Conchiswasevidentlylikecertainmodernpoets;hetriedtokilltenmeaningswithonesymbol."Onedayoneofhisservantsintroducedagirlintothechâteau.DeDeukansheardawomanlaughing.Idonotknowhow…perhapsanopenwindow,perhapsshewasalittledrunk.Hesenttofindoutwhohaddaredtobringarealmistressintohisworld.Itwasoneofthechauffeurs.Amanofthemachineage.Hewasdismissed.SoonafterwardsdeDeukanswenttoItalyonavisit."OnenightatGivray-le-Ducthemajordomosmeltsmoke.Hewenttolook.

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