Chapter 32

           ThepersonalconvictionandforceofsuchanindividualastheReverendMcMillan,whileinonesenseanoldstorytoClydeandnotanythingwhichsolateaseighteenmonthsbeforecouldhavemovedhiminanyway(sinceallhislifehehadbeenaccustomedtosomethinglikeit),stillhere,underthesecircumstances,affectedhimdifferently.Incarcerated,withdrawnfromtheworld,compelledbythehighlycircumscribednatureofthisdeathhouselifetofindsolaceorreliefinhisownthoughts,Clyde’s,likeeveryothertemperamentsimilarlylimited,wascompelledtodevoteitselfeithertothepast,thepresentorthefuture.Butthepastwassopainfultocontemplateatanypoint.Itseared.andburned.Andthepresent(hisimmediatesurroundings)aswellasthefuturewithitsdeadlyfearofwhatwascertaintohappenincasehisappealfailed,weretwophasesequallyfrightfultohiswakingconsciousness.

           Whatfollowedthenwaswhatinvariablyfollowsinthewakeofeverytorturedconsciousness.Fromwhatitdreadsorhates,yetknowsorfeelstobeunescapable,ittakesrefugeinthatwhichmaybehopedfororatleastimagined.

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