Chapter 22: XXII

XXII The After Clap “I have read in the marvellous heart of man, That strange and mystic scroll, That an army of phantoms vast and wan Beleaguer the human soul. “Encamped beside life’s rushing stream, In Fancy’s misty light, Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam Portentous through the night.” “The Beleaguered City,” Longfellow A dinner party at the Deanery in the sessions week was an institution, but Rachel, lying on the sofa in a cool roo…