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Chapter 7

           Theother,equallyatoddswiththelandscape,stoodontheoutskirtsoftheVillageanddwarfedthecottagesaroundit:adauntinglylongbuildingseveralstorieshighandreminiscent,inspiteofitsornateCorn-thanfacade,ofafactoryalikenessmorethanjustvisuallyapt,asIwastodiscover.

           ButtheLordByronSchool,theHotelPhiladelphiaandthevillageapart,thebodyoftheisland,allthirtysquaremilesofit,wasvirgin.Thereweresomesilveryoliveorchardsandafewpatchesofterracecultivationonthesteepslopesofthenorthcoast,buttherestwasprimevalpineforest.Therewerenoantiquities.TheancientGreeksnevermuchlikedthetasteofcisternwater.

           Thislackofopenwatermeantalsothattherewerenowildanimalsandfewbirdsontheisland.Itsdistinguishingcharacteristic,awayfromthevillage,wassilence.Outonthehillsonemightpassagoatherdandhiswinter(insummertherewasnograzing)flockofbronzebelledgoats,orabowedpeasantwomancarryingahugefaggot,oraresin-gatherer;butoneveryrarelydid.Itwastheworldbeforethemachine,almostbeforeman,andwhatsmalleventshappened,thepassageofashrike,thediscoveryofanewpath,aglimpseofadistantcaiquefarbelow,tookonanunaccountablesignificance,asiftheywereisolated,framed,magnifiedbysolitude.Itwastheleasteerie,themostun-Nordicsolitudeintheworld.Fearhadnevertouchedtheisland.Ifitwashaunted,itwasbynymphs,notmonsters.

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