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It wasn't that he wanted, he argued for fairness, that anything past and done should repeat itself; it was only that he shouldn't, as an anticlimax, have been taken sleeping so sound as not to be able to win back by an effort of thought the lost stuff of consciousness. IT WASN'T THAT HE WANTED HE ARGUED FOR FAIRNESS THAT ANYTHING PAST AND DONE SHOULD REPEAT ITSELF IT WAS ONLY THAT HE SHOULDN'T AS AN ANTI CLIMAX HAVE BEEN TAKEN SLEEPING SO SOUND AS NOT TO BE ABLE TO WIN BACK BY AN EFFORT OF THOUGHT THE LOST STUFF OF CONSCIOUSNESS
m as closer, asked himself yearningly, wondered secretly and sorely, if it would have lurked here or there. It would have at all events sprung; what was at least complete was his belief in the truth itself of the assurance given him. The change from his old sense to his new was absolute and final: what was to happen had so absolutely and finally happened that he was as little able to know a fear for his future as to know a hope; so absent in short was any question of anything still to come. He was to live entirely with the other question, that of his unidentified past, that of his having to see his fortune impenetrably muffled and masked. The torment of this vision became then his occupation; he couldn't perhaps have consented to live but for the possibility of guessing. She had told him, his friend, not to guess; she had forbidden him, so far as he might, to know, and she had even in a sort denied the power in him to learn: which were so many things, precisely, to deprive him of rest. ERGROWTH OF LIFE STRUCK HIM AS CLOSER ASKED HIMSELF YEARNINGLY WONDERED SECRETLY AND SORELY IF IT WOULD HAVE LURKED HERE OR THERE IT WOULD HAVE AT ALL EVENTS SPRUNG WHAT WAS AT LEAST COMPLETE WAS HIS BELIEF IN THE TRUTH ITSELF OF THE ASSURANCE GIVEN HIM THE CHANGE FROM HIS OLD SENSE TO HIS NEW WAS ABSOLUTE AND FINAL WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN HAD SO ABSOLUTELY AND FINALLY HAPPENED THAT HE WAS AS LITTLE ABLE TO KNOW A FEAR FOR HIS FUTURE AS TO KNOW A HOPE SO ABSENT IN SHORT WAS ANY QUESTION OF ANYTHING STILL TO COME HE WAS TO LIVE ENTIRELY WITH THE OTHER QUESTION THAT OF HIS UNIDDIFIED PAST THAT OF HIS HAVING TO SEE HIS FORTUNE IMPENETRABLY MUFFLED AND MASKED THE TORMENT OF THIS VISION BECAME THEN HIS OCCUPATION HE COULDN'T PERHAPS HAVE CONSENTED TO LIVE BUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GUESSING SHE HAD TOLD HIM HIS FRIEND NOT TO GUESS SHE HAD FORBIDDEN HIM SO FAR AS HE MIGHT TO KNOW AND SHE HAD EVEN IN A SORT DENIED THE POWER IN HIM TO LEARN WHICH WERE SO MANY THINGS PRECISELY TO DEPRIVE HIM OF REST
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