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eriorofotherbungalows,torecovertheirself-esteemandthequalitiesthatdistinguishedthemfromeachother.
AlloverthecityandovermuchofIndiathesameretreatonthepartofhumanitywasbeginning,intocellars,uphills,undertrees.April,heraldofhorrors,isathand.Thesunwasreturningtohiskingdomwithpowerbutwithoutbeauty—thatwasthesinisterfeature.Ifonlytherehadbeenbeauty!Hiscrueltywouldhavebeentolerablethen.Throughexcessoflight,hefailedtotriumph,healsoinhisyellowy-whiteoverflownotonlymatter,butbrightnessitselflaydrowned.Hewasnottheunattainablefriend,eitherofmenorbirdsorothersuns,hewasnottheeternalpromise,thenever-withdrawnsuggestionthathauntsourconsciousnesshewasmerelyacreature,liketherest,andsodebarredfromglory.
