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Chapter 16

           TheotherdelegatesfromAmericared-headedSchwartzwithhissaint’sfaceandhisinfinitepatienceinstraddlingtwoworlds,aswellasdozensofcommercialalienistswithhang-dogfaces,whowouldbepresentpartlytoincreasetheirstanding,andhencetheirreachforthebigplumsofthecriminalpractice,partlytomasternovelsophistriesthattheycouldweaveintotheirstockintrade,totheinfiniteconfusionofallvalues.TherewouldbecynicalLatins,andsomemanofFreud’sfromVienna.ArticulateamongthemwouldbethegreatJung,bland,super-vigorous,onhisroundsbetweentheforestsofanthropologyandtheneurosesofschool-boys.AtfirsttherewouldbeanAmericancasttothecongress,almostRotarianinitsformsandceremonies,thenthecloser-knitEuropeanvitalitywouldfightthrough,andfinallytheAmericanswouldplaytheirtrumpcard,theannouncementofcolossalgiftsandendowments,ofgreatnewplantsandtrainingschools,andinthepresenceofthefigurestheEuropeanswouldblanchandwalktimidly.Buthewouldnotbetheretosee.

           TheyskirtedtheVorarlbergAlps,andDickfeltapastoraldelightinwatchingthevillages.Therewerealwaysfourorfiveinsight,eachonegatheredaroundachurch.Itwassimplelookingattheearthfromfaroff,simpleasplayinggrimgameswithdollsandsoldiers.Thiswasthewaystatesmenandcommandersandallretiredpeoplelookedatthings.Anyhow,itwasagooddraftofrelief.

           AnEnglishmanspoketohimfromacrosstheaislebuthefoundsomethingantipatheticintheEnglishlately.

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