Волхв

Chapter 40

           ThepeakreachedupintoaworldbothliterallyandmetaphoricallyoflightItdidn’ttouchtheemotions;itwastoovast,tooinhuman,tooserene;anditcametomelikeashock,adeliciousintellectualjoymarryingandcompletingthephysicalone,thattherealityoftheplacewasasbeautiful,ascalm,asideal,assomanypoetshadalwaysdreamedittobe.Wetookphotographsofeachother,oftheview,andthensatdownonthewindwardsideofthecairnandsmokedcigarettes,huddledtogetherbecauseofthecold.Alpinecrowsscreechedoverhead,torninthewind;windascoldasice,asastringentasacid.Therecamebackthememoryofthatmind-voyageConchishadinducedinmeunderhypnosis.Theyseemedalmostparallelexperiences;exceptthatthishadallthebeautyofitsimmediacy,itsuninducedness,itsbeing-nowness.IlookedcovertlyatAlison;thetipofhernosewasbrightred.ButIwasthinkingthatafterallshehadguts;thatifithadn’tbeenforherwewouldn’thavebeenthere,thisworldatourfeet,thissenseoftriumph;thistranscendentcrystallizationofallIfeltforGreece."Youmustseethingslikethiseveryday.""Neverlikethis.Neverevenbeginningtobelikethis."Twoorthreeminuteslatershesaid,"Thisisthefirstdecentthingthat’shappenedtomeformonths.Today.Andthis."Afterapause,sheadded,"Andyou.""Don’tsaythat.I’mjustamess.Adefilement.""Istillwouldn’twanttobeherewithanyoneelse."ShestaredouttowardsEuboea;bruisedface,beingdispassionateforonce.Sheturnedandlookedatme

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