Морской волк

Chapter 27

           ButIwaslearningthesweetlessonformyselfthatthesoultransmuteditself,expresseditself,throughtheflesh;thatthesightandsenseandtouchofthelovedone’shairwasasmuchbreathandvoiceandessenceofthespiritasthelightthatshonefromtheeyesandthethoughtsthatfellfromthelips.Afterall,purespiritwasunknowable,athingtobesensedanddivinedonly;norcoulditexpressitselfintermsofitself.JehovahwasanthropomorphicbecausehecouldaddresshimselftotheJewsonlyintermsoftheirunderstanding;sohewasconceivedasintheirownimage,asacloud,apillaroffire,atangible,physicalsomethingwhichthemindoftheIsraelitescouldgrasp.

           AndsoIgazeduponMaud’slight-brownhair,andlovedit,andlearnedmoreoflovethanallthepoetsandsingershadtaughtmewithalltheirsongsandsonnets.Sheflungitbackwithasuddenadroitmovement,andherfaceemerged,smiling.

           "Whydon’twomenweartheirhairdownalways?"Iasked."Itissomuchmorebeautiful."

           "Ifitdidn’ttanglesodreadfully,"shelaughed."There!I’velostoneofmyprecioushair-pins!"

           Ineglectedtheboatandhadthesailspillingthewindagainandagain,suchwasmydelightinfollowinghereverymovementasshesearchedthroughtheblanketsforthepin.Iwassurprised,andjoyfully,thatshewassomuchthewoman,andthedisplayofeachtraitandmannerismthatwascharacteristicallyfemininegavemekeenerjoy.

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