Человек в высоком замке

           Julianasaid,"Oracle,whydidyouwriteTheGrasshopperLiesHeavy?Whatarewesupposedtolearn?"

           "Youhaveadisconcertinglysuperstitiouswayofphrasingyourquestion,"Hawthornesaid.Buthehadsquatteddowntowitnessthecointhrowing."Goahead,"hesaid;hehandedherthreeChinesebrasscoinswithholesinthecenter."Igenerallyusethese."

           Shebeganthrowingthecoins;shefeltcalmandverymuchherself.Hawthornewrotedownherlinesforher.Whenshehadthrownthecoinssixtimes,hegazeddownandsaid:

           "Sunatthetop.Tuiatthebottom.Emptyinthecenter."

           "Doyouknowwhathexagramthatis?"shesaid."Withoutusingthechart?"

           "Yes,"Hawthornesaid.

           "It’sChungFu,"Julianasaid."InnerTruth.Iknowwithoutusingthechart,too.AndIknowwhatitmeans."

           Raisinghishead,Hawthornescrutinizedher.Hehadnowanalmostsavageexpression."Itmeans,doesit,thatmybookistrue?"

           "Yes,"shesaid.

           Withangerhesaid,"GermanyandJapanlostthewar?"

           "Yes."

           Hawthorne,then,closedthetwovolumesandrosetohisfeet;hesaidnothing.

           "Evenyoudon’tfaceit,"Julianasaid.

           Foratimeheconsidered.Hisgazehadbecomeempty,Julianasaw.Turnedinward,sherealized.Preoccupied,byhimself…andthenhiseyesbecameclearagain;hegrunted,started.

           "I’mnotsureofanything,"hesaid.

           "Believe,"Julianasaid.

           Heshookhisheadno.

           "Can’tyou?"shesaid.