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It was a thing of the merest chance  the turn, as he afterwards felt, of a hair, though he was indeed to live to believe that if light hadn't come to him in this particular fashion it would still have come in another. IT WAS A THING OF THE MEREST CHANCE THE TURN AS HE AFTERWARDS FELT OF A HARE THOUGH HE WAS INDEED TO LIVE TO BELIEVE THAT IF FLIGHT HADN'T COME TO HIM IN THIS PARTICULAR FASHION IT WOULD STILL HAVE COME IN ANOTHER
nd, and there were the facts of the past, there the truth of his life, there the backward reaches in which he could lose himself. He did this from time to time with such effect that he seemed to wander through the old years with his hand in the arm of a companion who was, in the most extraordinary manner, his other, his younger self; and to wander, which was more extraordinary yet, round and round a third presence--not wandering she, but stationary, still, whose eyes, turning with his revolution, never ceased to follow him, and whose seat was his point, so to speak, of orientation. Thus in short he settled to live--feeding all on the sense that he once _had_ lived, and dependent on it not alone for a support but for an identity. It sufficed him in its way for months and the year elapsed; it would doubtless even have carried him further but for an accident, superficially slight, which moved him, quite in another direction, with a force beyond any of his impressions of Egypt or of India. N PAGE WAS THE TOMB OF HIS FRIEND AND THERE WERE THE FACTS OF THE PAST THERE THE TRUTH OF HIS LIFE THERE THE BACKWARD REACHES IN WHICH HE COULD LOSE HIMSELF HE DID THIS FROM TIME TO TIME WITH SUCH EFFECT THAT HE SEEMED TO WANDER THROUGH THE OLD YEARS WITH HIS HAND IN THE ARM OF A COMPANION WHO WAS IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY MANNER HIS OTHER HIS YOUNGER SELF AND TO WANDER WHICH WAS MORE EXTRAORDINARY YET ROUND AND ROUND A THIRD PRESENCE NOT WANDERING SHE BUT STATIONARY STILL WHOSE EYES TURNING WITH HIS REVOLUTION NEVER CEASED TO FOLLOW HIM AND WHOSE SEAT WAS HIS POINT SO TO SPEAK OF ORIENTATION THUS IN SHORT HE SETTLED TO LIVE FEEDING ALL ON THE SENSE THAT HE ONCE HAD LIVED AND DEPENDENT ON IT NOT ALONE FOR A SUPPORT BUT FOR AN IDENTITY IT SUFFICED HIM IN ITS WAY FOR MONTHS AND THE YEAR ELAPSED IT WOULD DOUBTLESS EVEN HAVE CARRIED HIM FURTHER BUT FOR AN ACCIDENT SUPERFICIALLY SLIGHT WHICH MOVED HIM QUITE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION WITH A FORCE BEYOND ANY OF HIS IMPRESSIONS OF EGYPT OR OF INDIA
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