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Chapter 30

           Ontheotherhand,IbegantounderstandwhyConchishadtoldmeIwaspsychic.Itwasasortofsoftening-upprocess,inpreparationforthenodoubtevenstrangerscenethatwouldtakeplaceinthemasquethatnextnight…the"experiment."Themasque,themasque:itfascinatedandirritatedme,likeanobscurepoemmorethanthat,foritwasnotonlyobscureinitself,butdoublyobscureinwhyithadevenbeen"written."Duringtheeveninganewtheoryhadoccurredtome:thatConchiswastryingtorecreatesomelostworldofhisownandforsomereasonIwascastasthejeunepremierinit,hisyoungerself.Iwaswellawarethatduringthatdayourrelationshiphadchanged.Iwaslessaguest;andhewasfarlessahost.Adifferentkindoftensionhadarisen,mainlybecausetherewerethingsinhimthatIcouldnotrelate(andwhichheknewandintendedIcouldnot);thingslikethehumanityinhisplayingofBach,incertainelementsinhisautobiography,whichwerespoilt,undermined,byhisperversityandmaliceelsewhere;hisaggressivedefenseofhiswealth,the"curious"booksandobjectsthatheputinmywayanotherparallelwithdeDeukansandnowthemythfiguresinthenight,withalltheirabnormalundertones.ThemoreIthoughtaboutit,themoreIsuspectedtheauthenticityofthatBelgiancountoratanyrateofConchis’saccountofhim.Hewasnomorethanastalking-horseforConchishimself.DeDeukanshadasymbolictruth,perhaps,butfarlessthanaliteralone.Meanwhile,themasquewaslettingmedown.Silencestillreigned

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