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oversiaandesa,overzui
andcibolaandojocaliente,andaestandingonthe
ground,leninaallsquarehouse,andthe
gaagreenoctoroontalkinginprehensiblyhayoungindian.
”lpais,”explaihepilot,asbeardsteppedout.”thisistheresthouse.and
theresadahisafteoonatthepueblo.helltakeyouthere.”hepoio
thesullenyoungsavage.”funny,iexpect.”hegrinned.”everythingtheydois
funny.”aotheplaneandstarteduptheengines.”back
torroeer,”headdedreassuringlytolenina,”theyreperfectly
tsavages.theyvegotenoughexperienceofgas
bostoknoustntplayanytricks.”stilllaughihrehe
helipterscreogear,accelerated,andwasgone.
chapterseven
thesaedinastraitoflionloureddust.theel
oheotheracross
thevalleyranastreakofgreentheriveranditsfields.ontheprohatstone
shipintheinglyapartofit,ashapedarical
outalpais.blockaboveblock,each
storysllerthantheonebeloputated
pyradsintothebluesky.attheirfeetlayastraggleoflorisscross
ofnsof
skeuntedperpendicularlyintothe.
”queer,”saidlenina.”veryqueer.”itnation.”i
dontlikeit.andidontlikethatn.”shepoiheindianguidewhohad
beenappoiaketheptothepueblo.herfeelingly
rean,ashe,was
hostile,sullenlyuous.
”besides,”sheloells.”
bearddidnotattettodenyit.theywalkedon.
suddenlyitealiveandwerepulsing,pulsing
oventofblood.upthere,inlpais,thedruwere
beien.theirfeetfellinofthatsteriousheart;they
quiedtheirpace.theirpathledtheothefootoftheprecipice.thesidesof
thegreatsashipto,threehundredfeettothegunwale.
”itheplane,”saidlenina,lookingupresentfullyatthe
blankiendingrockface.”ihateallwhenyoureon
thegroundatthebottofahill.”
theyeesa,roundedaproje,
andthere,inapanionladder.they
clied.itsidetosideofthegully.
sotisthepulsingofthedruedto
bebeatingonlyjustroundtheer.
heythatthewindof
hisheirfaces.inacreviceoftherocklayapileofbowas
alloppressivelyqueer,andtheindiansltstrongerandstroheyerged
atlastfroheraviothefullsunlight.thetopofthesadeckof
stone.
”likethecharingttont.butshealloo
enjoyherdisveryofthisreassuringreselancef.apaddingofsoftfeet
detheuround.nakedfrohroattoheirdarkbroed
helines”likeasphalttennisurts,”leoexplain,theirfaces
inhunerunningalong
thepath.theirblackhairhfoxfurandredflannel.cloaksofturkey
feathersflutteredfroheirshoulders;hugefeatherdiadeexplodedgaudily
roundtheirheads.ethekandrattleoftheirsilver
braeon
owas
holdiherbrush;theothercarried,iherhand,lookedatadistance
likethreeorfourpiecesofthickrope.oheropesheduneasily,and
suddenlyleninasahattheyweresnakes.
thenearerandheirdarkeyeslookedather,buthoutgiving
anysigion,anysllestsignthattheyhadseenherorwereawareof
herexistehepagainenpassed.
”idontlikeit,”saidlenina.”idontlikeit.”
shelikedevenlessaedherattheentrahepueblo,heir
guidehadleftthensideforinstrus.thedirt,tostarth,the
pilesofrubbish,thedust,thedogs,theflies.herfaceaceof
disgust.sheheldherhandkerchieftoheose.
”buthoheylivelikethis”shebrokeoutinavoiceofindignantincredulity.it
possible.
beardshruggedhisshouldersphilosophically.”anyhoheyvebeen
doingitforthelastfiveorsixthousandyears.soisupposetheystbeusedtoit
bynow.”
”butlinessisofordliness,”sheinsisted.
”yes,andcivilizationissterilization,”beardon,ncludingonatoneofirony
thesendhypnopdientaryhygiene.”butthesepeoplehave
neverheardofourford,andtheyarentcivilized.sotheresnopointin”
”oh”shegrippedhisar”look.”
analstnakedindianbingdothefirstfloor
terraceofaneighbhouse–rungafterrung,ulouscautionof
extreoldage.hisfaceaskof
obsidiahlessuthhadfallenin.attheersofthelips,andoneach
sideofthe,afeedalsteagainstthedarkskin.
thelongunbraidedhairhungdo
afleshless.verysloedo
eagbeforeheventuredaep.
”atter”hhorrorand
azent.
”hesold,thatsall,”beardansoowas
startled;buthedeanefforttoseenved.
”old”sherepeated.”butthedirectorsold;lotsofpeopleareold;theyrenotlike
that.”
”thatsbe
diseases.heirintealsecretionsartificiallybalaayouthful
equilibriuittheirgnesiualciuatiotofallbeloitwas
atthirty.trans
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