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There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. THERE IS NO DANGER IN SOLITUDE WE HAVE NO NEED OF OUR BROTHERS
 and their voice was low, but there was bitterness and triumph in their voice. “Your eyes are as a flame, but our brothers have neither hope nor fire. Your mouth is cut of granite, but our brothers are soft and humble. Your head is high, but our brothers cringe. You walk, but our brothers crawl. We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do as you please with us, but do not send us away from you.” Then they knelt, and bowed their golden head before us. We had never thought of that which we did. We bent to raise the Golden One to their feet, but when we touched them, it was as if madness had stricken us. We seized their body and we pressed our lips to theirs. The Golden One breathed once, and their breath was a moan, and then their arms closed around us. We stood together for a long time. And we were frightened that we had lived for twenty-one years and had never known what joy is possible to men. Then we said: “Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. DAMNATION THEY LOOKED UPON US AND THEIR VOICE WAS LOW BUT THERE WAS BITTERNESS AND TRIUMPH IN THEIR VOICE YOUR EYES ARE AS A FLAME BUT OUR BROTHERS HAVE NEITHER HOPE NOR FIRE YOUR MOUTH IS CUT OF GRANITE BUT OUR BROTHERS ARE SOFT AND HUMBLE YOUR HEAD IS HIGH BUT OUR BROTHERS CRINGE YOU WALK BUT OUR BROTHERS CRAWL WE WISH TO BE DAMNED WITH YOU RATHER THAN BE BLESSED WITH ALL OUR BROTHERS DO AS YOU PLEASE WITH US BUT DO NOT SEND US AWAY FROM YOU THEN THEY KNELT AND BOWED THEIR GOLDEN HEAD BEFORE US WE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT WHICH WE DID WE BENT TO RAISE THE GOLDEN ONE TO THEIR FEET BUT WHEN WE TOUCHED THEM IT WAS AS IF MADNESS HAD STRICKEN US WE SEIZED THEIR BODY AND WE PRESSED OUR LIPS TO THEIRS THE GOLDEN ONE BREATHED ONCE AND THEIR BREATH WAS A MOAN AND THEN THEIR ARMS CLOSED AROUND US WE STOOD TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE FRIGHTENED THAT WE HAD LIVED FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS AND HAD NEVER KNOWN WHAT JOY IS POSSIBLE TO MEN THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE FEAR NOTHING OF THE FOREST
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