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Chapter 8

           AndJamesfeltthateachpagewasturnedwithapeculiargestureaimedathim;nowassertively,nowcommandingly;nowwiththeintentionofmakingpeoplepityhim;andallthetime,ashisfatherreadandturnedoneafteranotherofthoselittlepages,Jameskeptdreadingthemomentwhenhewouldlookupandspeaksharplytohimaboutsomethingorother.Whyweretheylaggingabouthere?hewoulddemand,orsomethingquiteunreasonablelikethat.Andifhedoes,Jamesthought,thenIshalltakeaknifeandstrikehimtotheheart.

           Hehadalwayskeptthisoldsymboloftakingaknifeandstrikinghisfathertotheheart.Onlynow,ashegrewolder,andsatstaringathisfatherinanimpotentrage,itwasnothim,thatoldmanreading,whomhewantedtokill,butitwasthethingthatdescendedonhimwithouthisknowingitperhaps:thatfiercesuddenblack-wingedharpy,withitstalonsanditsbeakallcoldandhard,thatstruckandstruckatyou(hecouldfeelthebeakonhisbarelegs,whereithadstruckwhenhewasachild)andthenmadeoff,andtherehewasagain,anoldman,verysad,readinghisbook.Thathewouldkill,thathewouldstriketotheheart.Whateverhedid(andhemightdoanything,hefelt,lookingattheLighthouseandthedistantshore)whetherhewasinabusiness,inabank,abarrister,amanattheheadofsomeenterprise,thathewouldfight,thathewouldtrackdownandstampouttyranny,despotism,hecalleditmakingpeopledowhattheydidnotwanttodo,cuttingofftheirrighttospeak.

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