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Chapter 9

           Theweatherrapidlybecamehot,andduringtheheatoftheafternoontheschoolslept.ThenIusedtotakeoffintothepineforest.IalwayswentoverthecentralcresttothesouthsideoftheislandifIcould,awayfromthevillageandtheschool.There,wasabsolutesolitude:threehiddencottagesatonesmallbay,afewtinychapelslostamongthegreendownwardseaofpinesanddesertedexceptontheirsaint’sdays,andonealmostinvisiblevilla,whichwasinanycaseempty.Therestwassublimelypeaceful,aspotentialasacleancanvas,asiteformyths.Itwasasiftheislandwassplitintodarkandlight;sothattheteachingtimetable,whichmadeitdifficulttogofarexceptatweekendsorbygettingupveryearly(schoolbeganathalf-pastseven)becameasirksomeasashorttether.

           Ididnotthinkaboutthefuture.InspiteofwhatthedoctorattheclinichadsaidIfeltcertainthatthecurewouldfail.Thepatternofdestinyseemedprettyclear:downanddown,anddown.

           Butthenthemysteriesbegan.

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