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Chapter 70

           Sohernavalcommanderfatherequaledmybrigadierfather;herCambridge,myOxford;herunhappyloveaffaire,mine;heryear’steaching,mine.Herbeing"interferedwith"wasanirony,obviously;orperhapsanechoofArtemis’smythicalfearofthepainsofchildbirth.Butperhapsshetoldmethistomakeiteasierformetoconfessinreturn.Looksshegaveme:asifshewaswaitingforsomething.AndifIhadspoken…?Othello,ActI,SceneIII.Sheisabus’d,stol’nfromme,andcorruptedByspellsandmedicinesboughtofmountebanks;Fornaturesopreposterouslytoerr,Beingnotdeficient,blind,orlameofsense,Sanswitchcraftcouldnot.And:Amaidenneverbold;Ofspiritsostillandquiet,thathermotionBlush’datherself;andshe,inspiteofnature,Ofyears,ofcountry,credit,everything,Tofallinlovewithwhatshefear’dtolookon!PolymusFilms.Ididn’tseetheobvious,thatonemisplacedletter,untilpainfullylate.ThefamouswhoreIo.Lemprière:"IntheancientGothicIoandGiosignifiedearth,asIsiorIsasignified’ice’orwaterinitsprimordialstate;andbothwereequallytitlesofthegoddess,whorepresentedtheproductiveandnutritivepoweroftheearth."IndianKali,SyrianAstarte(Ashtaroth),EgyptianIsisandGreekIowereconsideredoneandthesamegoddess.Shehadthreecolors(onthewallsinthetrial):white,red,andblack,thephasesofthemoon,andalsothephasesofwoman:virgin,mother,andcrone.Lilywasevidentlythegoddessinherwhite,virginphase;andperhapsintheblack,aswell

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