Chapter 41

           

           "ByswaggeringcouldIneverthrive,Fortherainitrainetheveryday.TwelfthNight

           ThetransactionsreferredtobyCalebGarthashavinggoneforwardbetweenMr.BulstrodeandMr.JoshuaRiggFeatherstoneconcerningthelandattachedtoStoneCourt,hadoccasionedtheinterchangeofaletterortwobetweenthesepersonages.

           Whoshalltellwhatmaybetheeffectofwriting?Ifithappenstohavebeencutinstone,thoughitliefacedown-mostforagesonaforsakenbeach,or"restquietlyunderthedrumsandtramplingsofmanyconquests,"itmayendbylettingusintothesecretofusurpationsandotherscandalsgossipedaboutlongempiresago:thisworldbeingapparentlyahugewhispering-gallery.Suchconditionsareoftenminutelyrepresentedinourpettylifetimes.Asthestonewhichhasbeenkickedbygenerationsofclownsmaycomebycuriouslittlelinksofeffectundertheeyesofascholar,throughwhoselaborsitmayatlastfixthedateofinvasionsandunlockreligions,soabitofinkandpaperwhichhaslongbeenaninnocentwrappingorstop-gapmayatlastbelaidopenundertheonepairofeyeswhichhaveknowledgeenoughtoturnitintotheopeningofacatastrophe.ToUrielwatchingtheprogressofplanetaryhistoryfromthesun,theoneresultwouldbejustasmuchofacoincidenceastheother.

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