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For the moment, however, Dr. Silence was not of the party. Some private case in the interior of Hungary claimed his attention, and it was not till later—the 15th of August, to be exact—that I had arranged to meet him in Berlin and then return to London together for our harvest of winter work. FOR THE MOMENT HOWEVER DOCTOR SILENCE WAS NOT OF THE PARTY SOME PRIVATE CASE IN THE INTERIOR OF HUNGARY CLAIMED HIS ATTENTION AND IT WAS NOT TILL LATER THE FIFTEENTH OF AUGUST TO BE EXACT THAT I HAD ARRANGED TO MEET HIM IN BERLIN AND THEN RETURN TO LONDON TOGETHER FOR OUR HARVEST OF WINTER WORK
l sides into endless blue reaches, and the map and compasses were so frequently called into requisition that we went astray more often than not and progress was enchantingly slow. It took us, for instance, two whole days to find our crescent-shaped home, and the camps we made on the way were so fascinating that we left them with difficulty and regret, for each island seemed more desirable than the one before it, and over all lay the spell of haunting peace, remoteness from the turmoil of the world, and the freedom of open and desolate spaces. And so many of these spots of world-beauty have I sought out and dwelt in, that in my mind remains only a composite memory of their faces, a true map of heaven, as it were, from which this particular one stands forth with unusual sharpness because of the strange things that happened there, and also, I think, because anything in which John Silence played a part has a habit of fixing itself in the mind with a living and lasting quality of vividness. SS OPENED UP ON ALL SIDES INTO ENDLESS BLUE REACHES AND THE MAP AND COMPASSES WERE SO FREQUENTLY CALLED INTO REQUISITION THAT WE WENT ASTRAY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AND PROGRESS WAS ENCHANTINGLY SLOW IT TOOK US FOR INSTANCE TWO WHOLE DAYS TO FIND OUR CRESCENT SHAPED HOME AND THE CAMPS WE MADE ON THE WAY WERE SO FASCINATING THAT WE LEFT THEM WITH DIFFICULTY AND REGRET FOR EACH ISLAND SEEMED MORE DESIRABLE THAN THE ONE BEFORE IT AND OVER ALL LAY THE SPELL OF HAUNTING PEACE REMOTENESS FROM THE TURMOIL OF THE WORLD AND THE FREEDOM OF OPEN AND DESOLATE SPACES AND SO MANY OF THESE SPOTS OF WORLD BEAUTY HAVE I SOUGHT OUT AND DWELT IN THAT IN MY MIND REMAINS ONLY A COMPOSITE MEMORY OF THEIR FACES A TRUE MAP OF HEAVEN AS IT WERE FROM WHICH THIS PARTICULAR ONE STANDS FORTH WITH UNUSUAL SHARPNESS BECAUSE OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE AND ALSO I THINK BECAUSE ANYTHING IN WHICH JOHN SILENCE PLAYED A PART HAS A HABIT OF FIXING ITSELF IN THE MIND WITH A LIVING AND LASTING QUALITY OF VIVIDNESS
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