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Chapter 44

           Nevertobeabletoescapethesituation.Tohavenoneighborswithintwentymiles.Novillagewithinfifty.IrealizedwhyGustavhadwelcomedmyarrival.Inawayhehadkepthissanity,hissenseofperspective.Hisinsanity,ofcourse,layinhisdoomedloveforhissister-in-law."LikeallyoungmenIsawmyselfasacatalyst,asasolverofsituations.AndIhadmymedicaltraining,myknowledgeofthestillthennotubiquitouslyfamiliargentlemenfromVienna.IrecognizedHenrik’ssyndromeatonceitwasatextbookexampleofanalover-training.Withanobsessivefatheridentification.Thewholeexacerbatedbythesolitudeinwhichtheylived.ItseemedascleartomeasthebehaviorofthebirdsIwatchedeachday.Nowthatthesecretwasrevealed,Gustavwasnotunreluctanttotalk.Andthenexteveninghetoldmemore,whichconfirmedmydiagnosis."ItseemedHenrikhadalwayslovedthesea.Thiswaswhyhehadstudiedengineering.Butgraduallyherealizedthathedidnotlikemachinery,andhedidnotlikeothermen.Itbeganwithmisomechanism.Themisanthropismtooklongertodevelop,andhismarriagewasprobablyatleastpartlyanattempttopreventitsdevelopment.Hehadalwayslovedspace,solitude.Thatiswhyhelovedthesea,andnodoubtwhyhecametohatebeingcrampedaboardaship,inthegreaseandclangorofanengineroom.Ifhecouldhavesailedroundtheworldalone…ButinsteadhecametoliveatSeidevarrewherethelandwaslikethesea.Hischildrenwereborn.Andthenhiseyesightbegantofail.

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