He confessed everything, and said he was sorry, and
begged mypardon.
Ramón looked them both in the face, and knew. They
seemed darkas lava and sulphur, and full of a dormant, diabolic electricity. He
confessed everything, and said he was sorry, and begged mypardon.
I cant QUITE drift as if I had no soul of my own,
can I?
Inthe round, fierce gaze of his eyes there was a
certain silence,like tenderness, for her. He stated things as if they were merebare
facts with no emotional content at all. Now she wanted this veiled elusiveness in
herself, shewanted to be addressed in the third person. Andthe small, dark voice
seemed to take all her will away. He met her eyes with a far-off, remote smile,
far,far down his black eyes. She woke to the sudden stopping of the engine, and sat
up. She looked athim with her remote, indifferent eyes. His face was completely
expressionless, staringahead.
I cant QUITE drift as if I had no soul of my own,
can I? Her eyesseemed to have gone dark, and blind to individuals. He asked for a
room where his esposa could rest.
And thenthere must come a goddess; wife or virgin,
there must come agoddess. Then abruptly he looked at her and said:You saved his
life. And the awful, half-intelligible voice from the cloud.
But within his own heavy, dark range he had a
curious power. The range of him was verylimited, really.
At least it is better than sitting
still.
A fat, one-eyed man sent alittle boy to fetch
chairs.
His words said nothing; would never say
anything.
And thenthere must come a goddess; wife or virgin,
there must come agoddess.