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On far the most important day of his life he went as usual to town by the early train to sell plausible articles to customers, while the spiritual Shap roamed off to fanciful lands. ON FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF HIS LIFE HE WENT AS USUAL TO TOWN BY THE EARLY TRAIN TO SELL PLAUSIBLE ARTICLES TO CUSTOMERS WHILE THE SPIRITUAL SHOP ROAMED OFF TO FANCIFUL LANDS
 after that, silken people and the temples they built to their gods. They noticed that he was silent, and even absent at times, but they found no fault with his behaviour with customers, to whom he remained as plausible as of old. So he dreamed for a year, and his fancy gained strength as he dreamed. He still read halfpenny papers in the train, still discussed the passing day's ephemeral topic, still voted at elections, though he no longer did these things with the whole Shap--his soul was no longer in them. He had had a pleasant year, his imagination was all new to him still, and it had often discovered beautiful things away where it went, southeast at the edge of the twilight. And he had a matter-of-fact and logical mind, so that he often said, "Why should I pay my twopence at the electric theatre when I can see all sorts of things quite easily without?" Whatever he did was logical before anything else, and those that knew him always spoke of Shap as "a sound, sane, level-headed man. IMAGINE BUTTERFLIES THERE AFTER THAT SILKEN PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLES THEY BUILT TO THEIR GODS THEY NOTICED THAT HE WAS SILENT AND EVEN ABSENT AT TIMES BUT THEY FOUND NO FAULT WITH HIS BEHAVIOUR WITH CUSTOMERS TO WHOM HE REMAINED AS PLAUSIBLE AS OF OLD SO HE DREAMED FOR A YEAR AND HIS FANCY GAINED STRENGTH AS HE DREAMED HE STILL READ HALFPENNY PAPERS IN THE TRAIN STILL DISCUSSED THE PASSING DAYS OF FEMMAL TOPIC STILL VOTED AT ELECTIONS THOUGH HE NO LONGER DID THESE THINGS WITH THE WHOLE SHAP HIS SOUL WAS NO LONGER IN THEM HE HAD HAD A PLEASANT YEAR HIS IMAGINATION WAS ALL NEW TO HIM STILL AND IT HAD OFTEN DISCOVERED BEAUTIFUL THINGS AWAY WHERE IT WENT SOUTHEAST AT THE EDGE OF THE TWILIGHT AND HE HAD HAD A MATTER OF FACT IN LOGICAL MIND SO THAT HE OFTEN SAID WHY SHOULD I PAY MY TWOPENCE AT THE ELECTRIC THEATRE WHEN I CAN SEE ALL SORTS OF THINGS QUITE EASILY WITHOUT WHATEVER HE DID WAS LOGICAL BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE AND THOSE THAT KNEW HIM ALWAYS SPOKE OF SHAP AS A SOUND SANE LEVEL HEADED MAN
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