, feels, andremembersinnumerablethingssimultaneously, ', , clearness, anddepthithadneverreachedwhenhewasinhealth, butsuddenlyinthemidstofitsworkitwouldturntosomeunexpectedideaandhehadnotthestrengthtoturnitbackagain.
"Yes, anewhappinesswasrevealedtomeofwhichmancannotbedeprived," hethoughtashelayinthesemidarknessofthequiethut, gazingfixedlybeforehimwithfeverishwideopeneyes."Ahappinesslyingbeyondmaterialforces, outsidethematerialinfluencesthatactonman—ahappinessofthesoulalone, , ? AndwhywastheSon...?"
Andsuddenlythesequenceofthesethoughtsbrokeoff, andPrinceAndrewheard (withoutknowingwhetheritwasadelusionorreality) asoftwhisperingvoiceincessantlyandrhythmicallyrepeating "piti-pitipiti," andthen "titi," andthenagain "piti-piti-piti," and "ti-ti" , abovetheverymiddleofit, somestrangeairystructurewasbeingerectedoutofslenderneedlesorsplinters, (thoughitwasdifficult) sothatthisairystructureshouldnotcollapse; butneverthelessitkeptcollapsingandagainslowlyrisingtothesoundofwhisperedrhythmicmusic—"itstretches, stretches, spreadingoutandstretching," , healsosawbyglimpsesaredhaloroundthecandle, , —thestatueofasphinx, whichalsooppressedhim.
"Butperhapsthat'smyshirtonthetable," hethought, "andthat'smylegs, andthatisthedoor, butwhyisitalwaysstretchinganddrawingitselfout, and 'piti-piti-piti' and 'ti-ti' and 'piti-piti-piti'...? That'senough, pleaseleaveoff!" .
