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Chapter 13

           PablowasquitealotlikeLerroux.Prietowasasbad.PabloandPrietohadaboutanequalfaithintheultimatevictory.Theyallhadthepoliticsofhorsethieves.HebelievedintheRepublicasaformofgovernmentbuttheRepublicwouldhavetogetridofallofthatbunchofhorsethievesthatbroughtittothepassitwasinwhentherebellionstarted.Wasthereeverapeoplewhoseleaderswereastrulytheirenemiesasthisone?

           Enemiesofthepeople.Thatwasaphrasehemightomit.Thatwasacatchphrasehewouldskip.ThatwasonethingthatsleepingwithMariahaddone.Hehadgottentobeasbigotedandhide-boundabouthispoliticsasahard-shelledBaptistandphraseslikeenemiesofthepeoplecameintohismindwithouthismuchcriticizingtheminanyway.Anysortofclichésbothrevolutionaryandpatriotic.Hismindemployedthemwithoutcriticism.Ofcoursetheyweretruebutitwastooeasytobenimbleaboutusingthem.Butsincelastnightandthisafternoonhismindwasmuchclearerandcleaneronthatbusiness.Bigotryisanoddthing.Tobebigotedyouhavetobeabsolutelysurethatyouarerightandnothingmakesthatsuretyandrighteousnesslikecontinence.Continenceisthefoeofheresy.

           Howwouldthatpremisestandupifheexaminedit?ThatwasprobablywhytheCommunistswerealwayscrackingdownonBohemianism.Whenyouweredrunkorwhenyoucommittedeitherfornicationoradulteryyourecognizedyourownpersonalfallibilityofthatsomutablesubstitutefortheapostles’creed,thepartyline.DownwithBohemianism,thesinofMayakovsky.

           ButMayakovskywasasaintagain.Thatwasbecausehewassafelydead.You’llbesafelydeadyourself,hetoldhimself.Nowstopthinkingthatsortofthing.ThinkaboutMaria.

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