Chapter 7

           FivedayslaterIwasstandingonHymettus,lookingdownoverthegreatcomplexofAthens-Piraeus,citiesandsuburbs,housessplitlikeamiffiondiceovertheAtticplain.Southstretchedthepurebluelate-summersea,palepumice-coloredislands,andbeyondthemtheserenemountainsofthePeloponnesusstoodawayoverthehorizoninamagnificentarrestedflowoflandandwater.Serene,superb,majestic:Itriedforadjectiveslessused,butanythingelseseemedslickandunderweight.Icouldseeforeightymiles,andallpure,allnoble,luminous,immense,allasitalwayshadbeen.

           Itwaslikeajourneyintospace.IwasstandingonMars,knee-deepinthyme,underaskythatseemednevertohaveknowndustorcloud.IlookeddownatmypaleLondonhands.Eventheyseemedchanged,nauseatinglyalien,thingsIshouldlongagohavedisowned.

           WhenthatultimateMediterraneanlightfellontheworldaroundme,Icouldseeitwassupremelybeautiful;butwhenittouchedme,Ifeltitwashostile.Itseemedtocorrode,notcleanse.Itwaslikebeingatthebeginningofaninterrogationunderarclights;alreadyIcouldseethetablewithstrapsthroughtheopendoorway,alreadymyoldselfbegantoknowthatitwouldn’tbeabletoholdout.Itwaspartlytheterror,thestripping-to-essentials,oflove;becauseIfellheadoverheels,totallyandforeverinlovewiththeGreeklandscapefromthemomentIarrived.

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