large/1336/afterward_cb_librivox_64kb_mp3/afterward_2_wharton_cb_64kb_91
large/1336/afterward_cb_librivox_64kb_mp3/afterward_2_wharton_cb_64kb
English
1336
There were moments of overwhelming lassitude when, like the victim of some poison which leaves the brain clear, but holds the body motionless, she saw herself domesticated with the Horror, accepting its perpetual presence as one of the fixed conditions of life. THERE WERE EVEN MOMENTS OF WEARINESS WHEN LIKE THE VICTIM OF SOME POISON WHICH LEAVES THE BRAIN CLEAR BUT HOLDS THE BODY MOTIONLESS SHE SAW HERSELF DOMESTICATED WITH THE HORROR ACCEPTING ITS PERPETUAL PRESENCE AS ONE OF THE FIXED CONDITIONS OF LIFE
of the first fortnight's feverish search, was not increased by a jot during the slow weeks that followed. Mary knew that the investigations were still being carried on, but she had a vague sense of their gradually slackening, as the actual march of time seemed to slacken. It was as though the days, flying horror-struck from the shrouded image of the one inscrutable day, gained assurance as the distance lengthened, till at last they fell back into their normal gait. And so with the human imaginations at work on the dark event. No doubt it occupied them still, but week by week and hour by hour it grew less absorbing, took up less space, was slowly but inevitably crowded out of the foreground of consciousness by the new problems perpetually bubbling up from the vaporous caldron of human experience. Even Mary Boyne's consciousness gradually felt the same lowering of velocity. It still swayed with the incessant oscillations of conjecture; but they were slower, more rhythmical in their beat. ATION SOLE FRUIT OF THE FIRST FORTNIGHT'S SEARCH WAS NOT INCREASED BY A JOT DURING THE SLOW WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED MARY KNEW THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS WERE STILL BEING CARRIED ON BUT SHE HAD A VAGUE SENSE OF THEIR GRADUALLY SLACKENING AS THE ACTUAL MARCH OF TIME SEEMED TO SLACKEN IT WAS AS THOUGH THE DAY'S FLYING HORROR STRUCK FROM THE SHROUDED IMAGE OF THE INCE ONE INSCRUTABLE DAY GAINED ASSURANCE AS THE DISTANCE LENGTHENED TILL AT LAST THEY FELL BACK INTO THEIR NORMAL GAIT AND SO WITH THE HUMAN IMAGINATIONS AT WORK ON THE DARK EVENT NO DOUBT IT OCCUPIED THEM STILL BUT WEEK BY WEEK AND HOUR BY HOUR IT GREW GREW LESS ABSORBING TOOK UP LESS SPACE WAS SLOWLY BUT INEVITABLY CROWDED OUT OF THE FOREGROUND OF CONSCIOUSNESS BY THE NEW PROBLEMS PERPETUALLY BUBBLING UP FROM THE CLOUDY CAULDRON OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE EVEN MARY BOYNE'S CONSCIOUSNESS GRADUALLY FELT THE SAME LOWERING OF VELOCITY IT STILL SWAYED WITH THE INCESSANT OSCILLATIONS OF CONJECTURE BUT THEY WERE SLOWER MORE RHYTHMICAL IN THEIR BEAT
large/1336/afterward_cb_librivox_64kb_mp3/afterward_2_wharton_cb_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/1336/afterward_cb_librivox_64kb_mp3/afterward_2_wharton_cb_64kb.flac