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And so, in the dark valley into which his path had taken its unlooked for twist, he wondered not a little as he groped. He didn't care what awful crash might overtake him, with what ignominy or what monstrosity he might yet be associated  since he wasn't after all too utterly old to suffer  if it would only be decently proportionate to the posture he had kept, all his life, in the threatened presence of it. AND SO IN THE DARK VALLEY INTO WHICH HIS PATH HAD TAKEN ITS UNLOOKED FOR TWIST HE WONDERED NOT A LITTLE AS HE GROPED HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT AWFUL CRASH MIGHT OVERTAKE HIM WITH WHAT IGNOMINY OR WHAT MONSTROSITY HE MIGHT YET BE ASSOCIATED SINCE HE WASN'T AFTER ALL TOO UTTERLY OLD TO SUFFER IF IT WOULD ONLY BE DECENTLY PROPORTIONATE TO THE POSTURE HE HAD KEPT ALL HIS LIFE IN THE THREATENED PRESENCE OF IT
measure--such, soon enough, as things went with him, became the inference with which his old obsession had to reckon: and this it was not helped to do by the more and more confirmed appearance that the great vagueness casting the long shadow in which he had lived had, to attest itself, almost no margin left. Since it was in Time that he was to have met his fate, so it was in Time that his fate was to have acted; and as he waked up to the sense of no longer being young, which was exactly the sense of being stale, just as that, in turn, was the sense of being weak, he waked up to another matter beside. It all hung together; they were subject, he and the great vagueness, to an equal and indivisible law. When the possibilities themselves had accordingly turned stale, when the secret of the gods had grown faint, had perhaps even quite evaporated, that, and that only, was failure. It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything.  OR HAD IT BUT IN THE SCANTIEST MEASURE SUCH SOON ENOUGH AS THINGS WENT WITH HIM BECAME THE INFERENCE WITH WHICH HIS OLD OBSESSION HAD TO RECKON AND THIS IT WAS NOT HELPED TO DO BY THE MORE AND MORE CONFIRMED APPEARANCE THAT THE GREAT VAGUENESS CASTING THE LONG SHADOW IN WHICH HE HAD LIVED HAD TO ATTEST ITSELF ALMOST NO MARGIN LEFT SINCE IT WAS IN TIME THAT HE WAS TO HAVE MET HIS FATE SO IT WAS IN TIME THAT HIS FATE WAS TO HAVE ACTED AND AS HE WAKED UP TO THE SENSE OF NO LONGER BEING YOUNG WHICH WAS EXACTLY THE SENSE OF BEING STALE JUST AS THAT IN TURN WAS THE SENSE OF BEING WEAK HE WAKED UP TO ANOTHER MATTER BESIDE IT ALL HUNG TOGETHER THEY WERE SUBJECT HE IN THE GREAT VAGUENESS TO AN EQUAL AND INDIVISIBLE LAW WHEN THE POSSIBILITIES THEMSELVES HAD ACCORDINGLY TURNED STALE WHEN THE SECRET OF THE GODS HAD GROWN FAINT HAD PERHAPS EVEN QUITE EVAPORATED THAT AND THAT ONLY WAS FAILURE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FAILURE TO BE BANKRUPT DISHONOURED PILLORIED HANGED IT WAS FAILURE NOT TO BE ANYTHING
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