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Chapter 2
How?
Byvariousreiteratedfeminineinterrogationconcerningthemasculinedestinationwhither,theplacewhere,thetimeatwhich,thedurationforwhich,theobjectwithwhichinthecaseoftemporaryabsences,projectedoreffected.
Whatmovedvisiblyabovethelistener’sandthenarrator’sinvisiblethoughts?
Theupcastreflectionofalampandshade,aninconstantseriesofconcentriccirclesofvaryinggradationsoflightandshadow.
Inwhatdirectionsdidlistenerandnarratorlie?
Listener,S.E.byE.:Narrator,N.W.byW.:onthe53rdparalleloflatitude,N.,and6thmeridianoflongitude,W.:atanangleof45°totheterrestrialequator.
Inwhatstateofrestormotion?
Atrestrelativelytothemselvesandtoeachother.Inmotionbeingeachandbothcarriedwestward,forwardandrerewardrespectively,bytheproperperpetualmotionoftheearththrougheverchangingtracksofneverchangingspace.
Inwhatposture?
Listener:reclinedsemilaterally,left,lefthandunderhead,rightlegextendedinastraightlineandrestingonleftleg,flexed,intheattitudeofGea-Tellus,fulfilled,recumbent,bigwithseed.Narrator:reclinedlaterally,left,withrightandleftlegsflexed,theindexfingerandthumboftherighthandrestingonthebridgeofthenose,intheattitudedepictedinasnapshotphotographmadebyPercyApjohn,thechildmanweary,themanchildinthewomb.
Womb?Weary?
Herests.Hehastravelled