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The terrible truth was that he had lost  with everything else  a distinction as well; the things he saw couldn't help being common when he had become common to look at them. THE TERRIBLE TRUTH WAS THAT HE HAD LOST WITH EVERYTHING ELSE A DISTINCTION AS WELL THE THINGS HE SAW COULDN'T HELP BEING COMMON WHEN HE HAD BECOME COMMON TO LOOK AT THEM
 and yet powerless to penetrate the darkness of death; fixing with his eyes her inscribed name and date, beating his forehead against the fact of the secret they kept, drawing his breath, while he waited, as if some sense would in pity of him rise from the stones. He kneeled on the stones, however, in vain; they kept what they concealed; and if the face of the tomb did become a face for him it was because her two names became a pair of eyes that didn't know him. He gave them a last long look, but no palest light broke. CHAPTER VI He stayed away, after this, for a year; he visited the depths of Asia, spending himself on scenes of romantic interest, of superlative sanctity; but what was present to him everywhere was that for a man who had known what _he_ had known the world was vulgar and vain. The state of mind in which he had lived for so many years shone out to him, in reflexion, as a light that coloured and refined, a light beside which the glow of the East was garish cheap and thin.  CHAPTER SIX OF THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE BY HENRY JAMES THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG CHAPTER SIX OF THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE HE STAYED AWAY AFTER THIS FOR A YEAR HE VISITED THE DEPTHS OF ASIA SPENDING HIMSELF ON SCENES OF ROMANTIC INTEREST OF SUPERLATIVE SANCTITY BUT WHAT WAS PRESENT TO HIM EVERYWHERE WAS THAT FOR A MAN WHO HAD KNOWN WHAT HE HAD KNOWN THE WORLD WAS VULGAR AND VAIN THE STATE OF MIND IN WHICH HE HAD LIVED FOR SO MANY YEARS SHONE OUT TO HIM IN REFLECTION AS A LIGHT THAT COLORED AND REFINED A LIGHT BESIDE WHICH THE GLOW OF THE EAST WAS GARISH CHEAP AND THIN
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