I would not have parted with you for
the world."
'He did not say he would not now part with me for the world, Henry,
and I thought I understood the meaning of that expression of
disappointment which I had observed in his eyes when I first saw them
looking into mine. I thought I understood this extraordinary man--so
unlike all others; I thought I knew why my eyes lost the charm he was
now so eloquently describing to me the moment that they became
lighted with what he called self-consciousness.
'After a while I said, "But as I was in such an unconscious state as
you describe, how could you possibly know that a speciality of mine
is a love of Nature?"
'"It was only when you were out in the open air that the condition
which I have compared to somnambulism seemed at times to disappear.
Then your consciousness seemed to spring up for a moment and to take
heed of what was passing around you. You would sometimes scamper
through the meadows, pluck the wild-flowers and weave them into
wreaths round your head, or stand listening to the birds, or hold out
your hands as if to embrace the sunny wind.
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