hedoorwasajar；heyenered“john！”

fromhebahroomcameanunpleasanandcharacerisicsound

“ishereanyhinghemaer？”helmholzcalled

herewasnoanswerheunpleasansoundwasrepeaed，wice；herewassilence

hen，wihaclickhebahroomdooropenedand，verypale，hesavageemerged“isay，”helmholzexcimedsoliciously，“youdolookill，john！”“didyoueasomehinghadidn’agreewihyou？”askedbernard

hesavagenodded“iaecivilizaion”

“wha？”

“ipoisonedme；iwasdefiledandhen，”headded，inalowerone，“iaemyownwickedness”

“yes，buwhaexacly？…imean，jusnowyouwere…”

“nowiampurified，”saidhesavage“idranksomemusardandwarmwaer”

heoherssaredahiminasonishmen“doyoumeanosayhayouweredoingionpurpose？”askedbernard

“ha’showheindiansalwayspurifyhemselves”hesadownand，sighing，passedhishandacrosshisforehead“ishallresforafewminues，”hesaid“i’mraherired”

“well，i’mnosurprised，”saidhelmholzaferasilence，“we’vecomeosaygoodbye，”hewenoninanoherone“we’reoffomorrowmorning”

“yes，we’reoffomorrow，”saidbernardonwhosefacehesavageremarkedanewexpressionofdeerminedresignaion“andbyheway，john，”heconinued，leaningforwardinhischairandyingahandonhesavage’sknee，“iwanosayhowsorryiamaboueveryhinghahappenedyeserday”heblushed“howashamed，”hewenon，inspieofheunseadinessofhisvoice，“howreally…”

hesavagecuhimshorand，akinghishand，affecionaelypressedi

“helmholzwaswonderfulome，”bernardresumed，aferalilepause“ifihadn’beenforhim，ishould…”

“now，now，”helmholzproesed

herewasasilenceinspieofheirsadness–becauseofi，even；forheirsadnesswashesympomofheirloveforoneanoher–hehreeyoungmenwerehappy

“iwenoseeheconrollerhismorning，”saidhesavageas

“whafor？”

“oaskifimighn’gooheisndswihyou”

“andwhadidhesay？”askedhelmholzeagerly

hesavageshookhishead“hewouldn’leme”

“whyno？”

“hesaidhewanedogoonwihheexperimenbui’mdamned，”hesavageadded，wihsuddenfury，“i’mdamnedifi’llgoonbeingexperimenedwihnoforallheconrollersinheworldlshallgoawayomorrowoo”

“buwhere？”heohersaskedinunison

hesavageshruggedhisshoulders“anywhereidon’caresolongasicanbealone”

fromguildfordhedownlinefollowedheweyvalleyogodalming，hen，overmilfordandwiley，proceededohaslemereandonhroughpeersfieldowardsporsmouhroughlyparalleloi，heuplinepassedoverworplesden，ongham，puenham，elseadandgrayshobeweenhehog’sbackandhindheadherewerepoinswherehewolineswerenomorehansixorsevenkilomeresaparhedisancewasoosmallforcarelessflyers–paricurlyanighandwhenheyhadakenhalfagrammeoomuchherehadbeenaccidensseriousonesihadbeendecidedodeflecheuplineafewkilomeresohewesbeweengrayshoandonghamfourabandonedairlighhousesmarkedhecourseofheoldporsmouholondonroadheskiesabovehemweresilenanddeserediwasoverselborne，bordonandfarnhamhahehelicopersnowceaselesslyhummedandroared

hesavagehadchosenashishermiageheoldlighhousewhichsoodonhecresofhehillbeweenpuenhamandelseadhebuildingwasofferroconcreeandinexcellencondiion–almosoocomforablehesavagehadhoughwhenhefirsexploredhepce，almosoocivilizedlyluxurioushepacifiedhisconsciencebypromisinghimselfacompensainglyharderselfdiscipline，purificaionshemorecompleeandhoroughhisfirsnighinhehermiagewas，deliberaely，asleeplessonehespenhehoursonhiskneespraying，nowohaheavenfromwhichheguilycudiushadbeggedforgiveness，nowinzu？ioawonawilona，nowojesusandpookong，nowohisownguardiananimal，heeaglefromimeoimehesrechedouhisarmsashoughhewereonhecross，andheldhemhushroughlongminuesofanachehagraduallyincreasedillibecamearemulousandexcruciaingagony；heldhem，involunarycrucifixion，whileherepeaed，hroughclenchedeeh（heswea，meanwhile，pouringdownhisface），“oh，forgiveme！oh，makemepure！oh，helpmeobegood！”againandagain，illhewasonhepoinoffainingfromhepain

whenmorningcame，hefelhehadearnedherighoinhabihelighhouse；ye，evenhoughheresillwasgssinmosofhewindows，evenhoughheviewfromhepformwassofineforheveryreasonwhyhehadchosenhelighhousehadbecomealmosinsanlyareasonforgoingsomewhereelsehehaddecidedoliveherebecauseheviewwassobeauiful，because，fromhisvanagepoin，heseemedobelookingouonoheincarnaionofadivinebeingbuwhowasheobepamperedwihhedailyandhourlysighofloveliness？whowasheobelivinginhevisiblepresenceofgod？allhedeservedoliveinwassomefilhysy，someblindholeinhegroundsiffandsillachingaferhislongnighofpain，buforhaveryreasoninwardlyreassured，heclimbedupohepformofhisower，helookedouoverhebrighsunriseworldwhichhehadregainedherighoinhabionhenorhheviewwasboundedbyhelongchalkridgeofhehog’sback，frombehindwhoseeasernexremiyroseheowersofhesevenskyscraperswhichconsiuedguildfordseeinghem，hesavagemadeagrimace；buhewasobecomereconciledohemincourseofime；foranighheywinuedgailywihgeomericalconselions，orelse，floodlighed，poinedheirluminousfingers（wihagesurewhosesignificancenobodyinengndbuhesavagenowundersood）solemnlyowardsheplumblessmyseriesofheaven