Финансист

Chapter LVI

           Furthermorehehadlearnedmanyofthelittleresourcesofthesolitaryconvict,suchasthatofusinghislamptowarmupsomedelicacywhichhehadsavedfromapreviousmealorfromsomebasketwhichhadbeensenthimbyhiswifeorAileen.HehadpartiallygottenridofthesickeningodorofhiscellbypersuadingBonhagtobringhimsmallpackagesoflime;whichheusedwithgreatfreedom.Alsohesucceededindefeatingsomeofthemoreventuresomeratswithtraps;andwithBonhag’spermission,afterhiscelldoorhadbeenproperlylockedatnight,andsealedwiththeouterwoodendoor,hewouldtakehischair,ifitwerenottoocold,outintothelittlebackyardofhiscellandlookatthesky,where,whenthenightswereclear,thestarsweretobeseen.Hehadnevertakenanyinterestinastronomyasascientificstudy,butnowthePleiades,thebeltofOrion,theBigDipperandtheNorthStar,towhichoneofitslinespointed,caughthisattention,almosthisfancy.HewonderedwhythestarsofthebeltofOrioncametoassumethepeculiarmathematicalrelationtoeachotherwhichtheyheld,asfarasdistanceandarrangementwereconcerned,andwhetherthatcouldpossiblyhaveanyintellectualsignificance.ThenebulousconglomerationofthesunsinPleiadessuggestedasoundlessdepthofspace,andhethoughtoftheearthfloatinglikealittleballinimmeasurablereachesofether.Hisownlifeappearedverytrivialinviewofthesethings,andhefoundhimselfaskingwhetheritwasallreallyofanysignificanceorimportance.

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