Chapter 36

           Lilydidnotappearbeforedinner,orafterdinner;andIbecameincreasinglyimpatient.Tensewouldbeabetterword.Iwastenseinexpectationofanew"episode,"IwastenseinexpectationofLily’stakingpartinit,andIwastenseinexpectationofthedifficultiesConchiswasputtinginthewayofmymeetingheragain.IrealizedthathehadsomaneuveredmethatIcouldnotriskoffendinghimagainabouttherealmachinerybehindthe"visitors"oraboutLily.Thedinnerwas,forme,uneasilysilent.Thebreezemadethelamptrembleandglowandfadeintermittently,andthisseemedtoincreasethegeneralrestlessness.OnlyConchisseemedcalmandatease.Afterthemealhadbeenclearedhepouredmeadrinkfromasmallcarboy-shapedbottle.Itwasclear,thecolorofstraw."What’sthis?""Raki.FromChios.Itisverystrong.Iwanttointoxicateyoualittle."AllthroughthedinnerhehadalsobeenpressingmetodrinkmoreoftheheavyroséfromAntikythera."Tomakemetalk?""Tomakeyoureceptive.""Ireadyourpamphlet.""Andthoughtitwasnonsense.""No.Difficulttoverify.""Verificationistheonlyscientificcriterionofreality.Thatdoesnotmeanthattheremaynotberealitiesthatareunverifiable.""Didyougetanyresponsefromyourpamphlet?""Agreatdeal.Fromthewrongpeople.Fromthemiserablevultureswhopreyonthehumanlongingforthesolutionoffinalmysteries.Thespiritualists,theclairvoyants,thecosmopaths,thesummerlanders,theblue-islanders,theapportistsallthatgalêre."Helookedgrim."Theyresponded.

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