To the Lighthouse, Part 12 of 13
The Sleepy Bookshelf
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The Garden of Light and Shade
James had come to feel quite often lately when his father said something or did something which surprised the others. He sought an image to call and detach and round off his feeling in a concrete shape. But whose foot was he thinking of and in what garden did this all happen? For one had settings for these scenes, trees that grew there, flowers, a certain light, a few figures. It was in this world that the wheel went over the person's foot, something he remembered,. Something arid and sharp descended even there like a blade, a scimitar, smiting through the leaves and flowers, making it shrivel and fall.
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