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Chapter 23

           ThementionofhishatalarmedtheConsulwhobegantocleanhisspectacleshurriedlyandtorufflehispapers.Thisprovedofnoavail:theAmericanWoman,aroused,stoodoverhim;theclean-sweepingirrationaltemperthathadbrokenthemoralbackofaraceandmadeanurseryoutofacontinent,wastoomuchforhim.Herangforthevice-consulBabyhadwon.

           Dicksatinthesunshinethatfellprofuselythroughtheguard-roomwindow.Colliswaswithhimandtwocarabinieri,andtheywerewaitingforsomethingtohappen.WiththenarrowedvisionofhisoneeyeDickcouldseethecarabinieri;theywereTuscanpeasantswithshortupperlipsandhefounditdifficulttoassociatethemwiththebrutalityoflastnight.Hesentoneofthemtofetchhimaglassofbeer.

           Thebeermadehimlight-headedandtheepisodewasmomentarilyilluminedbyarayofsardonichumor.ColliswasundertheimpressionthattheEnglishgirlhadsomethingtodowiththecatastrophe,butDickwassureshehaddisappearedlongbeforeithappened.ColliswasstillabsorbedbythefactthatMissWarrenhadfoundhimnakedonhisbed.

           Dick’sragehadretreatedintohimalittleandhefeltavastcriminalirresponsibility.Whathadhappenedtohimwassoawfulthatnothingcouldmakeanydifferenceunlesshecouldchokeittodeath,and,asthiswasunlikely,hewashopeless.Hewouldbeadifferentpersonhenceforward,andinhisrawstatehehadbizarrefeelingsofwhatthenewselfwouldbe.ThematterhadaboutittheimpersonalqualityofanactofGod.

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