物l朧 :ilttt:r:鳳lf訛

鰹

北 :窯 露Ж

鮮 署 菫r陥 ‖■tO escape the宙 le宙 nd,slipped quickly throutt the glassll(H)1・ 5

0f W「 ictoly LIlansiOns,though nOt quickly enOugh to pre̲ヽ l a SWir1 0f g五 tサ duSt frOm entering along with him.
(｀:〕

:1lhe hall、l':〕

ray smelt Of bOiled cabbage and old rag lnats.ノ(1 0f it a c010red posteち生t Onetoo large fOr ind00r displ町 ,had beenill(lked to the wall. It depicted silnply an enOmOus face,1■Ore
l a meter、 ■de:the face Of a man Of abOut fOrty― five,■ ■th al:(、 こ、γ black mustache and ruggedly handsOme featwes.lVil■ stOnlll,‖i:l(lde fOr the stalrs.It was nO use ttng the lift.Even at the bestol・[irnes it was seldOm、 「Orkilllg,and at present the electric curent

WtiS Cut off du■・
ing daメ

む1lt hOurs.It was part of the ecOnomy(l面 ve il■ prepara■ on fOr Hate Week.Tlle fltt was seven flights up,
llnd WinstOn,whO was thirty― nineっ and had a vancose ulcer abOve
llis● ght allkle,went slowlb restⅢ(■

g Several imes On the way On

lch landing,opposite tl■ e Lft shaft,the poster、 ■th tlle enormOus

lhce gazed frOIn the wall.It was One Of thOse pictures、

vhich〔 re sO(:ont五 ved that the eyes fo1low you about nllen yOu mOve. BIGl〕

ROTⅡ ER IS WATCHING YOU,the caption beneath it ran.
I

NINETEEN EICHTY―

いrg(ヽ Orw(ら ‖
(1て ｀

2

￨‖

3

■11‖ ‖11,lnt・ Ousl平 Any sound that lWrillston made,above the level

ド￨(￨(ヽ 111(,「 ￨:11そ l fruity voiceヽ Vas reading out a liSt of figuresl
ith the production of pig iron.Theo‖ 〕cllling to dOヽ アwlll(,hl::l(￨ド,oi(ヽ ('('1:l:1(｀ 1.1・ olll an Oblong metal plaquc like a dulled lnirror、
hand wall.urinston
wlli(・ 「ol・ ::lC(l part ofthe surface of the right―■the WOrds
il:ri:(xl:t switch and the voice sank sOmewhat,thou課￨〕

W('H)ヽ li‖ distin,lishable.Le insumment(the telescКFOUR

y10W■ 7hispeち would be picked up by it;mOreoveらl,「Ii v(::・

11,‖

ド :ぃ lle l・ emainedsowithin tlle field of visiOn、 zhich the lnetal

l'IIl(1ll(｀

COllllnanded,he could be seen as well as heard.Thereヽ11卜COurse no way of know■ ng whether yOu were being()1・

ヽ111(:h()d at any given moment.Ho、 z Often,Or on what systelll,′rhOught Police plugged in on any individual wire、 ァ￨￨,(ヽas guess―

en,it waslll()(1)COuld be dirllmed,butthere was no way ofsh■ ltting it off
アindowi a smallish,frail fig―(■ )IYII)letely He lrnOved over to the、(■

■Ork. It was even conceivable that they、 ′atched evewbody all

e blue‖ 0っ the meagemess Of his body mere貯 emphaSiZed by tl■
・was vew

11lne.But at any rate they could plug in your wire lⅣ henever

ill(ヽ

1・

ill(ヽ

y wanted to.You had tO live― ―did live,frOm habit that be―overalls which were the uniforln of the Party.His hai■hiS skin■ oughened by coarse
rail‐

1'11111()instinct― ――
insoap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the、 anter that had

WI:卜7 his face naturally sallguineっ

the assumption that every sound yOu lnade

OVerheard,and,except in darknessっ every lnovement scru―￨￨:lized.

iuSt ended.

‖rinston kept his baclc ttlmed to the telescreen.It was saferぅアindo、 pane, the world
Outside, evell through the shut 、″100ked cold. Do、 m in the street little eddies of wind wereell kne恥 ちeven a back can be revealing.A kilo―he■ ′away the ⅣIil■ istry of TI・ llth,his place of、 Ⅳork,to、 たeredlho‖ gh,as￨‖ (・ 1()1・n7hirling dust alld tom paper into sPirals,and though the sun.:lヽヽl and■ rhite abOve the grilny landscape.This,he thOught、 rith

was shining and the sky a harsh blue,there seemed to be no―this was L01ldOn,chief city Of Airstrゃ

c010r in an♯ lling except the posters that were plastered evew―ll S()1'1 0f vague distaste―

where.「 Fhe black― mustachio'd face gazed do、 租 from evew{)::(),itself the third mOst pOpu10us of the provinces Of Oceania.

commanding cornen There was one on the house frontilnmedi―ll(ヽtried to squeeze out some childhoOd lnemOry that shollld tellately opposite.BIG BROTHER IS IVATCHING YOU,the caption

1li‖

l whether LondOn had al、 ァays been quite like this.滋tre there■

lllways these vistas of rOtting nineteenth― centutt hOuses,their

試 street level another postern tom at me comeL■ apped itfll町、i(les shOred up with ballcs of tilnber. thei■・ ■/indows patchedsaidっ 恥rhile the dark eyes looked deep into urinston'sown.Do、with cardboard and their r00fs with corrugated irOn,their crazyin the n″ ind,alternately coveril■ bO and llncovering the single wOrd

ド:lrden、 ralls sagging in all directiOns? And the bombed sites、
vhere the plaster dust sЦ ′irled in tlle air and the、 ri110w herb

INCSOC. In the far distance a helicopter skill■ med down be―
tween the roofs,hovered for an instant like a blue― bottle,and
darted away again恥 ■th a curァ ing flight.It Was the Policc Patrol,snooping into people's 、rindows. The patrols did not lnatte為

however.Only the Thou〔 井t PoliCe mattered.

、lraggled over the heaps Of rubbleぅ and the places where thel,()Inbs had cleared a larger path and there had sprung up sor―‐

Bchind V″ inston's back the voice from the telescreen was still

汎棚 吼胤胤上ぶ}愧 胤
鷲T孔￡s二(lid colonies Of、 r00den dwellings like chicken houses?Butit was

110 11Se,he cOuld not remember:nOthing remained of his child―hood except a series Of bright―
lた

lit tableaux,Occurring against no、
ckgrOund and l■ Ostly unintelligible.

NlNE.

Orw(,!1ll(,卜 缶:listry of「 rrutll'1｀

l li:lド ly

網掘 硼 Л

(:(・ ()rF(ヽヽlillisll■ Of LOve,■ or within half a ki10meter Ofit.It was a place

Minitrue,in Newspeak*― ―was star―i::)￨)OSSible to enter except on Official business,and tllen only by

diribrent fl・ om any otller obieCt in sight.It was an enor―

1:101lS pyl・ alnidal structul.e of glittering ttZhite concrete,soaring(￨()()rsっtIP,terrace after terraCe,three hundred lneters into the ain Fromand hidden lnachille― gun nests.Even tlle streets leadingl:￨)1()itS outer barriers were roamed by gOrilla¨ faced guards inwhere W‐ illston stood it was iuSt pOssible to read,picked out onhite face in elegant lettering,the three slogans of the Parlァits、不!l(1lrating through a lnaze of barbed― 、rire entanglel■ lents,steell)(｀l)111(lk unifOrms,armed nith iointed trullcheOns.

:、rinston tumed round abruptly.I― Ic had set his features intO

WAR IS PEACE()xpression of quiet Optlnism which it was ad、 ■sable to、 vear

ll](ヽ

、
γll(11l facing the telescrcen. He crossed the roOlll into the tinyk it(,hen.By leaving the Ministw at thiS tilne of day he had sac―

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

l'ili(led his lunch in the canteen,and he was aware that there was

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTⅡ

il()「 00d.

in the kitchen except a hunk Of dal・、
vllich had got to be saved fOr tomorrclwゝ

rOoms above ground level, and correspollding ran■

ificationsll卜

ings of Silllilar appearance and size. So completely did they
″
ictow

lI(｀

dⅥ rarf the surrounding architecture that from the rOof ofヽ

Instantly his face turned scal・ let and the water ran out of hisy(ヽs.The stuff、 ′as like nitric acid,and llloreovelち in swa110wing

il ollc had the sensation of being hit on the back ofthc head nrithl,「 llbber
lxヽ

and

wari the Ⅳlinistry of Love,which maintained law and orderぅ
iC af■Ⅳhichヽ Ⅳas responsible for econo■ ■the Ⅳlinistry of Plentlん ヽ

Minipax,Mhilu、Club.The next inOment,howevett the buming in his‖y died dowll and the、 ⅣOrld began tO 10ok more cheerful.Hct(x)lk a cigarette from a crumpled packet marked vlcToRY CIGA―￨(1lITES and incautiously held it upright,、たhereupon the tobacco
卜￨1 0ut Onto the floor.With the next he、 Ⅳas lnore successf111.He、 nt back to the living rooll■ and sat dO、 ァn at a small table that(、and lllil■ iplenty.

、
loOd to the le■ of the telesσ een.From the table drawer he t00k

The ⅣIinistty of Love was the really frightening one.

o‖ t、rere no lⅣ indows in it at all.Vrinston had never been inside thl

オNewspctt waS thC officiallanguagc OfOCcania For an account 01
its stl.uctllre and Ctvmolog)Ъ

「Ved hirnself for a shock,and gulped it down like a dose of!ll()(liCine.

iヽ

ith nenzs,entertainmellt,educalion,and
which concemed itself、 ″the fine arts,the Ⅳlinistlγ of Peace,wl■ ich concerned itself,vith

・s.Tlleil nalnes,in Newspeak:Minitrueっ

oily slllellっof Chinese rice― spirit.翻 71nston poured out nearly a teacupfulっsirnultaneousl予 They.

were the homes of the fow ⅣIinistries betlⅣ een、 ⅣhiCh the entird
apparat■ ls of government、 ras diVided: the Ⅳlinistry of Truth,fai■

d witll a plain、、hite label lnarked vlcToRY GIN.lt gave off a sickl恥

below.Scattered about London there were iuSt three other build―h71ansions you could See all four of thelll■

c010red bread

breakfast. He took

(10wn frOln the shelf a bOttle of colorless liq血IThe Ministw of Trutll contained,it was said,thrё e thousandlc―

see Appcndix.

a penh01deち a bottle Of ink,and a thick・

qual.to― sized blal■k

l,00k、 ァ
ith a red back and a lnarbled cOver

For some reason the telescreen in the living■‐‖‖usual pOsition.Instead of being placedっ

00m wasin an

as was■ ormalぅ in the226

Ccolg(,()rwell

NINI11｀ EEN Itl(り ‖ TΥ ―「perllaps,of、 ril(lrOse l)eaut「 all(l then sllc had slldde■ ly sw()ll(̀::l)￨(ヽthen ller life llad beell lauI〕 derillg,scrllbbing,(larllingi〔 ,ookillド 、

227、
vas sillgillg lo「:1ド lll Si:lド 1118 10 [151 Said .1lllia II(ヽlle 、like ll fcrtiliz()d fl・ tlit alld gron√ ll llard a1ld l・ ed alld cOarse,an(￨

0:lt:ぃ c hinl卜 (、 ￨「 .N()1()v(￨:l illtll llc was illSt Sillging"
Il｀

Sang lll(ヽsallg lh()I)rolC｀he l)ilィ ￨、Par● (lid llol sil15. All

SWeCPing, polisllingっ 1llending, scrubl)ilig,laun(lcling, first il,「!(1l1ll(l lll(、w()11(1l ill l」 ()lldon all(lNcw Y(■ k,in AF[・ ica all(l Bl'azilchi](lrcn,thell fOr grall(lcllJdrf・ 11,over thilty 11111)roken vearS・l‖ (l ill th(、

11lv51el iolls.ll)l・ l)i(1(l()n lan(151)()yOncl lhe rr。

Al

as still singillg The lllvstiCal rc、 ierence tllat ll(,the cll(1 0f it she、「｀lI(｀ く1501 1),llis al〕 (l i3()l・ lill. :11(hc vilLlド es c)f ill(ヽ偽]t fk)r ller was solnell()w llliXCd up witll the asI)eC1 0f tlle pal(ヽc101ldless skb stretchillg a、「ay l)ehilld llle chil■ lney pols illto inⅢ

lll:l(｀

51(■ )dtllC101k all(1oll(l‖ lal)le 11ド (11(■ 11la(￨()11loll卜 11()1ls by、SOli(l‖ ‖●(｀tcrlllillable llistances.11、 「as cllriolls to lllillk tllat tlle skv、 Ⅳas lh(ヽ(￨lil(￨￨)(1=ll i‖

saIIle ftpr cvcl・ ybOd■ ill Eurasia ol・(ll()、East21sia as well as hel・ 0.A‖

lrl tlle

elltll()ss itllssiallI):lzaars o「 (lll ill,t all(lJ(11),111()Verywllel●)lililll in lh(、111li(,I・ s、ドi(oilillド 11()nl l〕 ilil1 10 clc:1lh alld slill sillgillg.(Dlll oftllc pcople lll、 d()r tlle skv、 vere also very IIluch tllc same― every‐「)1)lighiy 10ilis tlド :l(le()「 (10 ns(liotls l)()illgs inust()ne(1:ly(lollle
ヽ():l、 (■ 11〕 (lca(卜 111(ヽ 5ヽ い lhe illl‖ ・ Blll Vou(lolll(lド llare ill、「l、

lh:11 11ltlll・ (、

̀￨

()r・

e,all ov()r the world,111111(11・ cds or th01■ san(15 of ll■ 1‖ iOns()￨

peOple illst like tllis,peoPle ig‖ Orant()f onc a1lolller's cxisten(■,,(ヽ

Ver tl1211(、

1)(alliV(1111(ヽlI(ヽ 111(ヽ (1(ヽ そ
l(l¨
ヽいぇ

、
volll(￨

lllill(1を ls tlley k()￨)t aliVe t11(11)o(ly,l dOciri1lo 11ltll lwo l)11ls tw()irlakt)101lI
he slti(lY011と ll(｀ lh()(l(:tl(11'sai(1:l‖ irOil voi(:(11)cllill(l the111.

one(lay overtllrn the wOrld.If there、「as llope,it lay ill ille p11)‐
lesi ヽ
VithO111 1laving load to the end()f′ /7C ι00た , lle kncw tht11'を'ヽ い alで lh()d(la(￨,¨ ●(311()(.(I JlJlia(ltitiflJlly

learnc(1 1o tllink l)1lt、 「ere storillH

llp in tlleir hcarts all(l hellies arld in tls()leS the l)o、

il.}「 oll k(ヽ1lll(￨￨)aSs(.(1 011 11lo 5(x'Iで

hel(l apart byヽ ralls Of hatred all(1 lics,alltl yet all110st cxaclly th̀,salile一 一peol〕 1(〕 wh0 1lad ilevel・

il・

(｀

'「

llc,「

sl)rttng al),tl・ 1「lH、 1():l:s ellilktils seell)(ヽ (l to ll之 lv()ttl rlle(1｀11110 icc il(.(■ )111(￨、 (x,111e wl111(、 all l oll‖ (l tlle iris()5 of Jlllia's cyes

the prOles.メ Lild(〕 o11ld lle be stH・ c tllat、 vllell tl]eir・ tilne caIIle,tll(:

・「 義1(:(:llを 1(11111・ ll(｀ (l′ t lllilky):(ヽ ‖0、「 l'll(ヽ sinear ol'■ 01lge lhat w[lドall1lo5t aS tll()ligll ll‖ ―、li‖ 01l ctl(lh(:11()● kl)olle sto()(l ollt sllal・

world tlley c()llStlllctecl would ll()t be il:St as alicll 10 1lil11っ(()ll:1(ヽ (,1(→ (l with lll(,sklll l)()11(、

tllal lllust l)e C01dsteill's fina1 1llessagc The f11lHl・

e bclollged 10

Will‐

I!(ヽ

l)l■

・1'cl)(:を 11(:(1 111(ヽ iroil 、'01(1(｀l(1.´lI(｀ 1llc (1(ヽ 之｀'011 を中
1l w,l、 ￨)(、 llilld illc I)icl‖「(:,‐ 1)letll h(、 (l Jlllia

sloll Snlith,as tllc w()rl(l of tlle Par,7Vさ s,becallse at tlle least il

wollld be a wo「 ld of sanitv Vア llere thel・ c is eqllality there can l)(1salli[I Sooinel・of latcr it、 rollld llappcl):strellgth would cllallg(.

´
illto consciouslless Γlle prolcs 、
verc il111■ ortali you colll(1 11()1t=lt was l)(ヽenti tlleir a、 vakening would ()01ne. All(l ulllil lhat hapl)ene(1,vOtlld stay aliv(:ヽ

h i11(111〕 (ヽ ￨)it11lll・ ()「 'sal(1 lh()voic,(ヽヽ、11(ヽ ic I()ti tti()]VI之 tl(̀ヽ ll(3111()ヽ

dOul)t it、「hen yoll 100k(〕 ll at tllat valiallt igure in the yard.In thc

thollgh it llligl〕 i be a tllollsall(l veal・ s, tllev(｀

ヽ ￨)l Sitlll(lド azillド il110 ol〕
(:(｀

(ヽ

(l‖ 1()(11(,111t、 lll l1ll(l111lkal)](ヽ「F11(ヽ
、
、そ
l‖

il・

st(la■ al ll〕 c edge of tlle w()od7''

lllellt lllitil)()llを 1:.(｀ OrtlCl.()(1.・=:11101hells(ぃ leS 「R)rllll f01・ li r(:・ 1。 g(‐1()1:lo[th(、 1lollse l)(、 1()le il、 ′:t卜 1001:1le―‑1lo 511● 11l1lol:gllt o(■vitalitv、「llicll the Pariv llid not share a11(l ooulc1 110t kil]()rlicmbeギ・lle Sai(1,ttthe tllr1lsh that sa1lg io tis,thal(｀ti Relll(till exactlv

lt was sl:1「 lillド ,1l Was s悽 trlillg at ltぃ ll Tll()y(■ )Ll]d(lo llotllillg

agaillst all tlle otlds,like bil・ ds,passing oll負 ・
oln l)Ody to llody tll(l:tl)O yo111・

を
111〕

1.(ヽ

、tlS aヽ

11を10(lisol)(、 vl[lc irO‖ voic)()1・ rO lll[llc11)aS thOtigll a cat(lll lla(lI)(、

erl llll｀ ll(｀ (ilbaCk,Hl(￨を l crtぃ 1l ol l)1(、 akillg g[〔 lss rl.llc l)i(,11lre lla(l rallel1 lo lhe Jool、‖ll('OVerillド lh(11(￨￨(ls(,recll l)()llill(l il228(lo(,rge Orwell

NINEI卜 :EN EICHTY― 「 OUR

ttNOw they cal]sce tis,''said Julia.
̀̀]ヽ 0、 v、■1100th prizettglltcr's iowl in wllicI〕

ve call sce yoll「 'sai(l the vOice

Stalld 01lt ill illc llli(l―229tlle ll10Lltll Was olllv a slit
ly be―l):11lSed opposite lli111,balancillg his tl1111(lheOn ineditativ●

dlo of the r0011〕 .Stallll back tO back Clasp yollr httnds behill(￨clillginsloll rrict llis eyes.Tlle負 〕
1、 vecll tllllIIlll alld forcttllgel.1「 「vollr llcads DO 1101[ollcll one al10ther.''l)「「111ley lⅣ cre 1lot ioucllillg,l11lt it seelned to llilll tl]at lle cotll(￨nake(llless、、vith Onc's llands I)ehilicl(〕 llc'S lleatl t■ ild(〕 II(「 s facellnd l10(ly all exPosed, was a]1■ ost l■ nbearablc. Tl10■ lall lP10

feel J11lia's bOdy shaking。 ()rl)crhaps it、 vas lll()ICly the sllakillド

l rll(led tl■ e

Of llis Own.IIe could inSt S10p his tc()IIl「 0111(:llttltterillgi but lll、「

、h0111(1 1lave beell,alld tllen passed orl

knees、Ⅳclc lley01111 his cOntr01 Tllel(〕SOlr10011e llad Pickerl l11)the glass Pた IPCl.WCigllt ilolll thc talble、
vas a sourld of trainplillド

b00ts I)e10、 Li■ lside thc 110■ lse all(l outside rilllc var(l scenled 10
bc ftll1 0f lllcn S01llctllir〕 g was beillg draggecl acI.OsS llle stOlles

・ 1lc、vO■ lall's singing llad stoppcd abruptly.Therc、
1・vas a loing]i‖tiP Of a、 Fllile tOngue,lickcll 11lc Placc、 「1lol・ e llis liPs′
I｀

1lcl・ e、Ⅳas allothcr cI・ asll1(l sIIlas11(,(l it to PieceS 011 1lle hearillstOilc
r「1le fragincllt of coral,a lilly clillkle of l)irlk likc a sllgar rose―￨)ll(l li・olll a cal(e. follell acrOss the lllal Ho、「 sIIlall. lhougllt/ s11lall it always wasi ・Fllcre 、
vas a gasp an(l ao‖ 11lg c]allg,as thougll tlle、 rashtllb llad l)eell ll1ling acrOss th(、「illston, ho、ヽ

yard,anci tllen a c011「 1lsiO11 01'allglll shotits wllich endc(]11l a ye‖l htlnlP bcllind llinl,alld 1lo receivecl a violent kick On the allkle

1・、vllich lleally flung hi111 01‖ 1lis halallce.()11(→

Of I)を lil〕
tt「
l｀

:̀・
I「

he l101lse is slll・

I・

POcket rl■ lel・ S1lo、「as thraslllllg abollt on the lloor.,fightillg ror

Oulldedn''said llle vOice

IIe lleard Jlllia sllap ller teeth tOget]ler.ttl sllPPOse｀「C IIlav aS

well sav good― b■ ''slle said.
1=11)11 11lay aSヽ

of the lllell hall

、11lashecl llis ist into Julia's so]ar plexllsi doublillg hcr ttP likc a

llc l101lsc iS Sttrroullcle(1."sai(lW■ 1lst011.

l)reatll. Willstoll(larerl 110t tllrn llis llead(,vell hv a inillillletel';gle()fl)1lt s01netilnes llcr livid,gaspillg facc canle withill tllc al■vell sav goocl― ll■ ''sai(l the vOice ALlld thell an―

llis vislorl.Evell in llls terlor it was as t1lollgll lle collld fecl tlle

the deadlド I)aill Wllicll ricvcltl101ess was

Otllcl qllite(]ifferelll vOice,a thill,cllltivatcd vOicc、 vhich u,lll̲

Paill ill llis o、 vn bo(1■stoll llad tl10 111lpression of llavillg hearcl l)efbre,sl:11lck i11:̀tAnd

less llrgcllt thall tlle stl・ 1lggle to get l)a(:k llcr i)1・ eal11 1■ ()kl〕 e、「l)y the wa■ wlllle wc al・ e on thc stlbiect,〃g/で Cο 7/2CS α εα″ θι0vllicll was lllere all、vllat it T.‐ as like:tllc tcrrible,agollizing l)aill、

/む 力′
メ ,″

̀〃

ι
θわ 4ん c′ で cο ″〃CS αCん γソ,cr ιοεんψ q〃 しЮ ″んCα ′ "llle、 vllile bui collld l101 be sllffcl・

usc l)cfore a‖ c]sc it
ed yet,lbec〔 、Solnethillg cr・ (lshed Ol1 10 1lle b()d bellill(]｀ 縣/11lstOn's back.Tlle、
vas llecessarv lo bc able to breathe.「 Fll(11l two o「 thc lllcll l10iSledhea(1 0f a lad(lcl llall l)ccll thr■ lst tlirougll tlle、 「、in(lo、 r and hadller llp lly knccs and sllotlldcls al](1(lal・ lie(1 ller 011l of the r001nl)1llst in tllc franl● .SollleOnc、 ras clinlbillg thr01lgll the nrilldOw.

「inston llad a glinlpse ofller fac(),llpsi(le do、tikc a sack ヽ・1'here、ras a st〔lo、「 and(3olltol・ te(1,、「itll thc eycs sllllt,and sti11、

111lpede Of l)00ts ttp tllc stairs.1｀ 1lc f00111ヽVaS Iilll

Of sOlid inell in black l■ 1lifOrlns.、「ith iron― s110d Ь00ts 01l tlleir

ヽlillsloll、 vas not trenllllillg anv loTlgel Ev(〕 11 111iS eyes hearely I110vell. OIle tlllllg a10ne lllattered: to kecp sti]],10 keep

still ctll(1「 101 give tllelll all excl■ se t0 1lit yolll A lllall

ith a sIIlear of

rollge oll either(〕 1looki all(l thal、 Ⅳas tlle last lle st,、「()f llcr
lHc s10od dead still No olle llacl llit llilll ye1 7・ l10ugllts、「11lch

l.eet and truncllc01ls ill tllcir hanlls.

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rl l,vel―、「ith acaine of tlleir O、「1l accor(l bllt scelnecl lola‖ y llllillterestillg bcgalltO flit tllrOtlgll his lnillll IIe、 Ⅳondcl'ed、 Ⅳhetller tllcy llall got lur.

Charrillgloll.Hc wOnllerell wllat tllev ha(l c101lo to tllc wFol■

lall illÌYcs,of cOursc,if it's Ane to― morro、 ら'said NIIrs.Ramsay.
̀But you'1l have tO be up with thc lark,'shc added.

To hcr son thcsc wOrdS COnvcyed an cxtraordinary joy,as
if it wcrc scttlcd thc cxpcdition2 wcrC bound to takc placc,

and thc wonder tO which he had lookcd forward,for ycars
and ycars it sccmcd,was,aftcr a night's darkncss and a day',sail,within touch.Since he bclongcd,cvcn at thc agc ofsix,
tO that grcat clan which cannOt kccp this fccling scParatc
from that,but must ict future prospccts,with thcir iOyS andsorrows,c10ud、 Ⅳhat is actually at hand,sincc tO such peoplc
cvcn in carlicst childhood any turn in thc whccl ofscnsation

has thc power to crystallise and transttx the momcnt uponwhich its gloom or radiance rcsts,Jamcs Ramsay,sitting on
thc n。 。r cutting Out picturcs from thc inustratcd catalogucof thc Army and Navy Storcs,3 cndOWcd thc picturc of arcfrigcrator as his mothcr spokc with hcavcnly bliss.It was

fringed with ioy.The wheelbarrow,thc lawn―

mOwcr,thc

sOund Of poplar trccs,lcaves whitcning bcforc rain,■ ooks
cawing,broollns knocking,drcsscs rustling―

all thcsc wcrC

sO c010urcd and distinguishcd in his lnind that hc had
alrcady his privatc code, his sccret languagc, though hc
appcarcd thc imagc of stark and uncOmproFniSing scvcrity,with his high forchcad and his ncrce bluc cycs,impcccably

candid and purc,frOwning slightly at thc sight of humanfrailty,so that his rnOthcr,watching hirn guidc his scissors

ncatly rOund thc rcfrigcrator, imagincd hirn aH rcd andcrrnlnc on thc Bench Or directing a stcrn and momcntOus
cntcrprisc in somc crisis of public affairs.

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̀But,'said his fathcr, stopping in ffont of thc drawing―■
oom、√lndow, it won't bc nnc.

Had thcrc bcen an axc handy,a pokcr, or any wcaponthat would havc gashcd a hole in his fathcr's brcast andthc lamp and trim thc wick and rakc about On thcir scrap

of gardcn,somcthing to amusc thcm.For how would you
likc to bc shut up for a wh01c month at a tiinc, andSuch wcrc thc cxtremcs of cmotion that Wfr. Ramsay

POSSibly morc in storrny wcathcr,upon a rock thc sizc ofa tennis lawnP shc would ask; and to havc no lettcrs or
nCWSPapcrs, and to scc nobody; if you wcrc marricd, nOt

cxcited in his childrcn's brcasts by his mCrc prcscncc;
standing,as nOw,lcan as a knifc,narrow as thc bladc ofthcy wcrc ill,if thcy had fallcn dOwn and brokcn thcir legs

klllcd him,thcrc and thcn,James wOuld havc scizcd it.

to sCC yOur Wifc,not to knou/how your childrcn wcrc,一if

onc, grinning sarcastically, not only with thc plcasurc ofor arms;to sCC thC samc drcary wavcs brcaking wcck aicr

disillusioning his son and casting ridiculc upon his wifc,

wcck,and thcn a drcadful storrn con■ ing,and thcヽ Ⅳindows

who was tcn thousand tirncs bcttcr in evcry way than hc
WaS(Jamcs thought),but alsO with somc sccrct conccit atcovcrcd with spray,and birds dashcd against thc lamp,and

his own accuracy ofiudgCmcnt.What hc said was truc.It

Out of doors fof fcar of bcing swcPt intO thc scaP How

was al、 Ⅳays truc. Hcヽ vas incapablc of untruth;ncvcr tarll―

would you likc thatP shc askcd,addrcssing hcrsclf particu―

pcrcd with a fact;ncvcr altcrcd a disagrccablc word to suitlarly to hcr daughtcrs.So shc added,rathcr diffcrcntly,onc

thc plcasurc or convcnicncc of any mortal bcing,lcast ofmusttakc thcm whatcvcr comforts onc can.

thc wholc placc rOcking,and not bc ablc to put your nOsc

ho,sprung frorn his loins,should
all of his own childrcn,、 ′̀It's duc wcst,' said thc atheist Tansley,6 h。 lding his

bc awarc frOFn Childhood that lifc is difncult;facts uncorn―bony flngcrs sprcad so that thc wind blew th■ ough thenl,

pronlising;and thc passagc to that fablcd land whcrc ourfor hc was sharing NIIr. Rarnsay's evening walk up andbrightcst hopcs arc cxtinguishcd,our frail barks4 foundcr indown,up and down thc tcrracc.1「 1lat is to say,the wind

darkncss(hCrc NIIr.Rallllsay would Straightcn his back andblcv/frOln thc worst possiblc dircction for landing at thc

narrow his littlc bluc cycs upon thc horizon), onC that
necds,above all,couragc,truth,and thc PowcrtO Cndurc.

Lighthousc. Yes, hc did say disagrccablc things, NIrs.

̀But it rnay bc nnc― I cxPCCt itヽ げ11l bc nnc,'said卜 lrs.

makC Jamcs still morc disappointed;but at thc samc timc,

Ralnsay, making somc littlc tヽ wist of thc rcddish― brownshc would not lct thcm laugh at hiln. ̀The athcist', thcy

stocking shc v″ as knitting,impaticntly.If shc ttnishcd it to―night,if thcy did go to thc Lighthousc aftcr all,itヽ ぼas toRarnsay admittcd;it was odious of him to rub this in,andcalled hinl; ̀thc little athcist'. Rose mockcd him; PrucmOckcd him;Andrcw,JasPCr,Rogcr mocked him;cven

bc givcn to thc Lighthousc kccPcr fOr his littlc boy,ヽ げho

old Badgcr without a tooth in his head had bit hiin, forvith a tubcrculous hip;5 togcthcr with awas thrcatcncd ヽpilc of old magazincs,and somc tobacco,indccd whatcvcr
shc could flnd lying about, not really wantcd, but only

bcing(as Nancy put it)thC hundrcd and tcnth young man

littcring thc rOom,to givc thosc poor fcllows who rnust bc

̀Nonsensc,'said Ⅳ[rs.Ramsay,with grcat severity.Apartborcd to dcath sitting all dayヽ げith nothing to do but polishtO chasc thcn■ all thc way up to thc Hcbridcs7 whcn it was
cvcr so lrnuch niccr to bc alonc.

fron■

thc habit of cxaggcratiOn which thcy had from hcr,

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ct's go,' hC Said, rcpcating her WOrds, clicking thcm

with carts grinding past on thc cObblcs, still he went on

OLit, hOwcvcr, with a scll consciousncss that madc hCrtalking,about sctticmcnts,and tcaching,andヽ げorking rnen,

̀l′、vincc. ̀Lct us go tO thc Circus.'No. Hc could not say it

ly fathcr is a

That、 Ⅳas thc vicw, shc said, stopping, gro、 ″ing grcycr̲

of thcrn,in Panama hat and yc1low bOots,seriously,sOftly,
absorbcdly,fOr all that hc was watchcd by tcn littlc boys,＝

not quitc catch thc mcaning, only thc words, hcrc andthcrcwith an air Of profound cOntcntrnent on his round rcd facc,

lccturcship.Shc could not follow thc ugly acadcn■..

ic iargon,

pcrch,poo■ littlc rnan,andヽ Ⅳhy hc camc out,instantly,v″ ith｀
hat hc
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So NIr.Tanslcy supposcd shc mcant hirn to scc that that＝mixcd thcir own c01ours,and thcn thcy grOund thcn■ ,and
thcn thcy put damp cloths On thcm tO kccp thcm moist.19

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had rcachcd thc town now and wcrc in thc main strcct,

But hcr grandrnothcr's fricnds, shc said, glancing dis―
crcctly as thcy passcd, toOk thc grcatcst pains, Arst thcy

ザhirll any morC; Shc would tcH Pruc about it.
wOuld have likcd,shc supposcd,ヽ ぼould havc bccn to say
ho、 /hc had bccn to lbscn16 with thc Ramsays.HC Was anawful prig一 oh ycs,an insuffcrablc borc.For,though thCybcach.

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sistcrs, and shc Would scc to it that thcy didn't laugh at

lcmOn̲cO10urcd sailing̲bOats, and Pink wOmcn on thc＝

all that about his fathcr and mothcr and brothcrs and

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Sincc NIIr.Pauncc10rtc18 had bCcn thcrc,thrcc ycars bcforc,
all thc picturcs wcrc likc that shc said,grccn and grcy,with肛

saw now v/hy going to thc circus had knockcd him off his

中that rattlcd itsclf off so glibly,but said to hcrsclf that shc

gazing,and thcn,whcn hc had gazcd,dipping;imbuing thc
tip of his brush in sOmc soi mound Of grccn or pink.

︲︲︲︱︲︱ ︲十 帆. disScrtation ... fcllowship ... rcadcrship畔day;his sublcctヽ ぼas now thc influcncc of somcthing uponsOmcbody― thcy wcrc ヽ″alking on and 卜Irs. Ramsay did

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Shc pauscd a mOmcnt. But nOw, shc said, artists hadcomc hcrc.Thcrc indccd,only a fcw paccs ot stood onc,呻

cycd,that hcr husband lovcd.

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mcn smokcd On thc quays.Hc wOrkcd hard一 scvcn hours aνays sccmed tO bc running away into somc moon

country,uninhabitcd Of rncn

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hc smokcd thc chcapcst tobacco; shag; thc samc thc old

al、︱

hOSPitality'(thOSC WCrC hiS ParchCd Stiff words)at C011Cgc.
icc thc tiinc othcr pcoplc did;Hc had to makc things last tヽ ′sand duncs、 Ⅳith thc wild f10M/ing grasscs On thcn■ ,which＝

Paid hiS OWn way sincC hC was thirtecn.Oftcn hc wcnt
without a greatcoat in wintcr. Hc could ncvcr ̀rcturn

could scc,fading and falling,in sOft 10w plcats,thc grccn＝

chcnlist,NIrs. Ramsay. HC kCcPs a shOp.' Hc hilnsclf had

austcrc, in thc midst; and On thc right, as far as thc cyc

岬＝sistcrs,and hiS fathcr was a working man,15̀l■bluc v′ atcr was bcfOrc hcr;thc hOary17 LighthOusc,distant.

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go tO Circuscs. It was a largc fanlily, nine brOthcrs andcxclainling, ̀Oh,how bcautifull'For thc grcat platcfu1 0f

扮tO;had bccn longing all thcsc days to say,how thcy did not＝Ⅳantcd to rcply

but hcrc,thc hOuscs偽 1ling away
on both sidcs,they camc out on thc quay,and thcヽ ⅣhOlc
bay sprcad bcfOrc thcm and Ⅳ[rs. Ramsay could nOt hclp＝

answcrcd,as if shc askcd thc very thing hcヽ

him warmly)tO tCll hcr―＝

warrnly, at thc momcnt. Had thcy not becn takcn, shc
askcd, to circuscs whcn thcy wcrc childrcnP Ncvcr, hc

frOm thc circus,and was abOut(and nOW again shc likcd

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and hclping our Own class, and lccturcs, till shc gathcrcd
that hc had gOt back cntirc sclicOnndencc, had rccOvcrCd

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THE WINDOW、′
lrnc house with her,hc had nOticcd t00,hOw Orderly shc

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Indced, hc alllnOst knOckcd hcr easc1 0ver, cOnling down

upon hcr with his hands waving,shOuting out̀B01dly werodc and wcll',but,mcrcifuny,he turned sharP,and rOde
O■ i to die g10riOusly shc suppOscd upOn the hcights Of

BalaC12va.Ncvcr was anybody at Oncc sO ridicu10us and sO

alarrning.But s0 10ng as hc kept likc that,waving,shOut̲
ing,shc was safc;hc wOuld nOt stand still and 100k at hcr

PiCturc. And that was what Lily BriscOe cOuld nOt havecndurcd.Evcn whilc she 100kcd at thc mass,at thc linc,at
thc cO10ur, at L〔 rs. Rarnsay sitting in thc windOw with

JameS,she kcpt a fcclcr On her surrOundings lcst sOmeone
shOuld creep uP,and suddcnly she shOuld ttnd hcr picturc
looked at.But nOw,with all hcr senscs quickcncd as theywcre,loOking,straining,till thc c01。 ur Of thc wall and thc

iaCmanna24 bcyOnd burnt intO hcr eyes, she was awarc ofsomconc cOnling Out Of the hOuse, cOnling tOwards hcr;
but sOmchOw divincd, frOnl thc f00tfall, wiHiam Bankcs,
so that thOugh hcr brush quivcrcd, she did not, as shewould havc dOne had it bcen NIIr. Tansiey, Paul Raylcy,.kllinta DOylc, Or practically anybOdy clsc, turn hcr canvas

upon thc grass, but let it stand. ｀X/illian■

Bankcs st00d

bcsldc hcr.

Thcy had r00ms in thc village, and sO, walking in,walkin3 0ut, Parting late On dOOr― rnats, had said littic
things abOut thc sOuP,abOut thc children,abOut One thing
and anOthcr which inade thcn■ allics;sO that whcn hc st00d

bcsidc hcr nOw in his iudiCial way(hC Was old cnough tO
be hcr fathcr t00,a bOtanist,a widOwcr,smclling of sOap,

thc allurcmcnt of Ⅳ[iss Doylc certainly, but with a good、
cnsc which madc her in his cyes suPcriOr to that young
i,ldy. NO覇 ら for instance, whcn Ramsay borc down On

ihcm,shouting,gesticulating,lRIiss Briscoc,he fclt certain,

undcrstood.
Somconc had blundcrcd.

NIIr. Rarnsay glarcd at them. He glared at thcrn withOut

sccrning to sec thcm. That did makc thcm both vagucly
uncomfortablc.「 Fogcthcr thcy had scen a thing thcy had

not been mcant to see. lrhey had encrOached upon a
privacy.So,Lily thought,it was prObably an cxcuse of his

for moving, for getting out Of carshot, that madc

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Bankcs alinOst irnmcdiately say somcthing about its bcing
chilly and suggcst taking a stroll. She would cOmc, yes.
But it was with dif6culty that shc took hcr cyes off her
plcture.

ThC iaCmanna was bright violet the wall staring whitc.

She would not havc considcrcd it hOnest tO tamper withthe bright violet and thc staring whitc,sincc shc saw thcm
like that,fashionable though it was,since NIIr.Paunccfortc's

visit, to scC evCrything Palc, CICgant, scnll― transparcnt.

Thcn bencath thc colour therc was thc shapc. She could
see it all so clearly,so commandingly,whcn she looked:it
was when she took her brush in hand that thc wh01c thingchangcd.It was in that rnomcnt's night bctヽ ぼcen thc picturc

and her canvas that thc dcmOns sct On hcr wh0 0ftcn

passagc for a child.Such she often felt herself一︱brought hcr to thc vcrgc of tcars and madc this PaSSagc
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stood thcrc. Her shOcs wcrc excellcnt, hc Obscrved. TheyaHOwcd the tOcs their natural exPanSiOn. Lodging in theヽV̀lS, up bcforc breakfast and off to Paint, hC belicved,

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THE urINDOW■=aillst tcrrinc odds tO maintain hcr cOuragc; to say: ̀But

(XPandCd With it and the body swan■ ,only thc ncxt instantlllis is M′ hatl scc;this is what l scc',and sO tO clasP SOmc

nliscrablc rcmnant Of hcr visiOn tO hcr brcast, which athousand fOrccs did thcir bcst tO pluck trOm hcr. 2へ nd it
was thcn tOO,in that chill and windy way,as shc bcgan tO

l::1:tllalil[R彙 ;:〕lcll]][11ミaI:こ lk:誌ilFill::n具 ;:hcr fathcr Off thc BrOmpton Road,and had much adO tO
control hcr impulsc tO ning hersclf(thank Hcavcn shc had

always rcsistcd sO far)at Mrs.Ramsay's kncc and say tohcr― but what cOuld Onc say to hcrP ̀I'ln in iOvc with
youP' No, that was not truc. ̀I'in in 10vc with this all',waving hcr hand at thc hcdgc,at thc hOusc,at thc childrcnP

It was absurd,it was impossiblc.Onc cOuld nOt say、

Zhat

?nC mCant.so nOw shc laid hcr billζ hcs hcitly in thc bOx,
sidc by ζ
idc,and said tO william Bankcs:
̀It suddcnly gcts c01d.The sun sccms tO givc lcss hcat,'shc said,100king about hcr,fOr it was bright cnough,thc
grass still a sOft dccp grccn, thc hOusc starrcd in its:熙

麓 Intty乳
憶 Iy° tl[:Ixialm常玉∫『nashcd,turncd a silvcr uring in thc air.It was Scptcmbcr

alter all, the middlc Of scPtcmbCr, and PaSt SiX in thc
cvcning.So off thcy strollcd dOwn thc gardcn in thc usual

dircctiOn,past thc tcnnis lawn,past thc PampaS grass,tO
that brcak in thc thick hcdgc,guardcd by rcd̲hOt pokcrs
llkc brasicrs Of clcar burning cOal,bct、

げccn which thc bluc

watcrs ofthc bay 100kcd blucr than cvcr.

Thcy camc thcrc rcgularly cvcry cvcning drawn by sOmc
nccd. It was as if thc watcr nOatcd off and sct sailingthoughts which had grown stagnant On dry land,and gavc
to thcir bOdics cvcn sOmc sort of physical rclici First,thc

pulsc Of cO10ur noodcd thc bay with bluc, and thc hcart
24i〈)bc chcckcd and chillcd by thc prickly blackncss on thc

rulflcd wavcs. Thcn, up bchind thc grcat black rock,̀llrnOst cvCry cvcning spurtcd irrcgularly,so that onc had towatch for it and itヽ Ⅳas a dclightヽ hcn it came,a fountain「〈)f、 vhitc watcr; and thcn, whilc onc waitcd for that, onc
avc aicr wavc、′
atchcd, on thc palc scnlicircular bcach, 、′

shcdding again and again sinoothly a nlrn of l.。

thcr― o「pcarl.

Thcy both sinilcd, standing thcrc. Thcy both fclt a
corninon hilarity,cxcitcd by thc moving wavcs;and thcn
by thc swilt cutting racc of a sailing boat,which, havingsliccd a curvc in thc bay,stopped;shivercd;lct its sail drop

down; and thcn, with a natural instinct to complctc thc
ift movcmcnt,both of thcm lookcd atpicturc,aicr this s、 ′thc duncs far away, and instcad of rncrrimcnt fclt comc
ovcr thcm somc sadncss― bccausc thc thing was complctcd
Partly,and Partly bCCausc distant vicws sccm to outlast by amillion ycars(Lily thought)thc gaZCr and to bc cornrnuning
alrcadyヽ vith a skyヽ げhich bCholds an carth cntircly at rcst.

illlam Bankcs thought of
Looking at thc far sandhills,｀ エア

Ranlsay: thought of a rOad in Wcstrnorland, thought ofRalnsay striding along a road by hilnsclf hung round withthat solitudc which sccmcd to bc his natural air.But thiswas suddcnly intcrruptcd, NVilliam Bankcs rcmcmbcrcd(and thiS must rcfcr to somc actual incidcnt),by a hen,straddling hcr wings out in protcctiOn of a covcy of littlc

chicks, upon which Ranlsay, stopping, PointCd his stickand said̀Prctty― prctty,'an odd illunlination into his hcart,
Bankcs had thought it, which showcd his sirnPliCity, his

sympathy with humblc things;but it scemcd to hirn as if
thcir fricndship had ccascd,thcrc,on that strctch of road.

Aftcr that,Ramsay had marricd.Attcr that,what with onc

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Painting position wlth thc dirn cyes and thc abscnt―

THE WINDOW

mindcdmanncr, subduing all hcr iinprcssions as a wOman tosomcthing rlluch rnOrc gcncral;bccOrning oncc rl10rc undcr

the powcr Of that visiOn which shc had sccn clcarly onceand must now groPe fOr among hcdges and hOuscs andmothcrs and childrcn― hcr Picturc. It was a question,shc

rcmcmbcrcd,hOw tO cOnncct this mass On thc right handwith that On the lcft. Shc rnight do it by bringing the lineof thc branch across sO; Or brcak the vacancy in theforcground by an Obicct(JamcS pcrhaPs)sO・ But thedangcr was that by dOing that thc unity ofthc whole rnightbc brOkcn.Shc stOppcd;shc did nOt want tO bore hirni shc
took thc canvas lightly offthc cascl.

But it had bccn sccn;it had bcen taken frOm hcr.This
man had sharcd with hcr sOmcthing profoundly intimate.
And,thanking NIf. Ralnsay for it andゝ 〔rs.Ramsay for it
and thc hOur and thc placc, crcditing thc wOrld 、′
ith a
powcr which shc had nOt susPcctCd, that one cOuld walkaway down that 10ng gancry not alonc any mOre but arm
in arm、 ″ith somcbody― the strangcst fecling in thc world,

and thc mOst cxhilarating 一 shc nickcd thc catch Of hcr
paint― box tO,rnorc Armly than was nccessary,and the nicksccmcd to surrOund in a circlc fOr cvcr thc paint―

box,thc

lawn,1/1r.Bankcs,and that wild villain,Carn,dashing past.

bullct,or arrow,impcncd by What dcsirc,shot l)y w11()::,,/hat,whatP Nllrs.Ran卜at what directcd,who could sayPヽ ‰̀lypondcrcd,watching hcr.It rnight be a vision― ofa shcH,ol
a whcclbarro、7,of a fairy kingdOm on thc far sidc of thc
hedgc;or it rnight be the glory of sPCCd;no onc knew.But

whcn Mrs.Ramsay callcd̀Caml'a sccond timc,thc proicc―
tilc dropPcd in lnid carccr, and Cam camc lagging back,pulling a leaf by thc way,to hcr mother.
rs.Rarnsay wondcrcd,▼/hat was shc drealning about,Ⅳ 【sccing hcr engrosscd,as shc stood therc,with somc thoughtof hcr own,so that shc had to repeat the message twicc―
iss Doylc,and NIr.Rayley havc
ask〜 11ldrcd if Andrew,Ⅳ 【comc backP― The words sccmcd to bc droppcd into a、cH,「
wherc,if the waters werc clcar,thcy wcre also So extraordi―

narily distorting that, cven as they dcscendcd, one saw
thcrn twisting about tO makc Hcavcn knows what pattcrn
on thc floo■ of thc child's inind.ヽ Vhat rncssagc would Cam

givc thc C00kP NIrs.Ramsay wondcrcd.And indecd it wasOnly by waiting paticntly, and hcaring that thcrc was an
old woman50 in the kitchen with vcry red chccks,drinking
soup out of a basin, that ⅣIrs. Ramsay at last promptc(lthat parrot― likc instinct which had PickCd up

Ⅳrildrcd's

wOrds quitc accuratcly and could nOw producc thcrn, if
onc waited,in a colourlcss singsong.Shifting frorn a)ot tofoot,Canl rcPcatCd thC words,̀No,thcy havcn't,and I'vc
t01d Ellcn to clcar away tca.'

IO
For Cam grazcd thc cascl by an inch;shc wOuld nOt stOp
for Mr.Bankcs and Lily BriscOc;thOugh卜 〔r.Bankcs,whO
would havc likcd a daughtcr Of his Own,hcld Out his hand;shc wOuld not stOp for her father, whOm shc grazed alsO
by an inch;nOr fOr hcr inOthcr,、 げhO caHcd ̀Carn!I want
you a momcntl'as shc dashcd PaSt・6。

She was Offlikc a bird,

NIlinta Doylc and Paul Rayley had not comc back thcn
That could only mean, NIrs. Rarnsay thought,onc thing.
She must acccpt hirn, or shc must refusc hirn, This 3oing

off aftcr lunchcon for a walk, cvcn though Andrew wa、
with thcm 一 what could it meanP exccpt that shc h̀1(1dccidcd,rightly,NIIrs.Rarnsay thought(and ShC was vcry,

very fond of Minta),to aCCCpt that good fcllow,whく)TO THE LIGHTHouSE

THE LIGHTHOUSE

timc, unablc tO do a thing, standing thcrc, Playing
painting,Playing at the One thing One did nOt play at,1

it was all LIIrs. Ramsay's fauit. she was dcad. Thc
whcre she used tO sit was empty.She was dcad.
But why repeat this Over and Ovcr againP

Ⅸ/hy bc al

ttying to bring uP SOme fecling shc had nOt gOtP ]was a kind Of blasPhemy in it.It was all dry:aF withc

ali spent.They ought nOt tO have asked her;she Ought

1蠅X瀞群轟,I隻寮

one shOuld■ Ot play with,knOwingly cvcn:shc dctcstedli
But he madc her.YOu shan't tOuch yOur canvas,he sccmc

tO say,bea五 ng down On hcr,till you'vc given mc what iwant Of you.Here hc was,c10se upOn hcr agttn,grcedy:
distraught.ヽ vell,thOught Lily in despair,lctting hcr righthand fall at her side,it wOuld be simplcr then tO have it
over.Surely she cOuld imitate frOm rec01lectiOn tle g10Wil

thc rhapsOdy,thc sclf̲surrcnder shc had secn On sO manyl

women's faces(On Mrs.Ramsay's,fOr instanc→William Bankes once,but nOthing had come ofit.IIis wife
had bccn fOnd of her. I― Ic had becn a little out of tcmper

too at breakfast. And thcn, and thcn― this was one ofthosc momcnts when an c■ ormous nced urged hirn,with―out being conscious what it was,to approach any wOman,
to forcc thcFn,hC did nOt carc how,his nccd was so grcat,

to give him what hc wantcd:sympathy.
Wもras anybody looking after herP hc said.Had shc evcry―

thing she wantedP̀Oh, thanks, cverything,' said Lily Briscoe nervously.
No;｀ she cOuld not do it. She ought to have floated off
instantly upon some wave of sympathctic cxpansion: thcpressure on hcr was trcmendous.But she remained stuck.
Thcre was an awful pause. They both looked at thc sca.

Why, thought ヽ1■ . Ramsay, should she look at the sea
whcn l am hercP She hoped it would bc calm cnough forthcm to land at thc Lighthouse,she said.Thc Lighthousc!
The Lighthouse!What's that got to do with itP he thought

impaticntly.Instantly,with the force of somc PrimcVaL̲̲

somc occasion like this they blazed up一

whCn oiguSt(fOr really he could nOt restrain hiinsclf any longer),she cOuld remcm̲

therc issued from hin■ such a groan that any other woman

ber thc 100k On 3〔 rs. Ramsay's face―intO a rapture Of

in the whole world would have done something, said
somcthing ― all cxccPt mySel鳥 thOught Lily, girding at

sympathy,of delightin thc reward they had,which,thOughthe reasOn Of it escaped hcr, evidently confcrred On them

the rnOst supremc bliss Of which human naturc was capablc.

Hcre hc was, stOpped by her side. Shc wOuld givc hitrn
what she cOuld.

.

herself bittcrly,who am■ ot a woman,but a PccviSh,111‑
tempercd,dried― up old inaid Prcsumably.

A4r.Ramsay sighcd to the full. Hc walted. Was she nOt
going to say anythingP I)id she not sce what he wanted

from herP Thcn he said hc had a Particular rcason for2

Shc scemcd tO havc shrivelled slightly, he thOught. she
looked a little skirnpy, wisPy; but nOt unattractive. Hc

liked her. Thcre had bcen sOme talk Of her marrying【
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wanting to go to the Lighthousc.IIis wife uscd to send the

mcn things.Therc was a poor boy with a tuberculous hiP,thc LghtkccPcr'S SOn. I― Ic sighcd Profoundly. Hc sighed
signincantlyo All Lily wished was that this cnormous f10odof griet thiS insatiablc hungcr for sympathy,this dcmand
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what did onc SayP一 〇h,NIr.Ramsayl Dear NIIr.Ramsayl'「
hat Was what that kind old lady WhO Sketched, NIIrs.
BcckWith,Would havC Said instantly,and rightly.But no.

that she should surrcndcr hersclf up to hiin cntirely,

cvcn so he had sorrows cnough to kccp her supplicd
ever,should leave her,should bc diverted(shc kCPt 100kin′

at the house, hoping for an interruption)befOre it srhcy stood thcrc,lS01ated froT the rest of thC WOrld.His

hcr down in its■ ow.

a,血

̀'「

LtttandttshCと∬ititttn暉オ軌
皿篤鳳 tttirgf盤 鳳 T上淵・
c httd跡種
raw her skirts a little closer

ground with his toc, ̀arc vcry painful.' Still Lily said
nOthing.(ShC iS a stock,she is a stone,he said to hilnsel■螂Ы

imrnensc SCliPity, hiS demand fOr sympathy poured ande

̀Such cxpeditions,' said NIr. Ramsay, scraping)

hcy are very cxhausting,'he said,looking,with a sickly

loOk that nauscatcd hcr(he waS acting,shc felt,this grcat

In COmplC,CrOund hcr anklCS, lest shC ShOuld get WCt・:∫

man was dramatising him,clf),at his beautiful hands.It
was hOrrible,it was indecent.Ⅵ rould thcy never come,shesOunds in the house.JamCS and Cam muSt bC Coming.But

asked,for shc could■ ot sustain this cnormous weight of菫鸞驚驚
鯖ポ穏 蹴冒 器

sorrow, support thcsc heavy drapedcs of gricf(he had
assumed a posc of cxtrcme decrcpitudc;he cven tottered alittle as he st00d thcrc)a momentlongcr.

Still shc could say nothing;the wholc horizon scemed

Ⅳ[r.Ramsay,as if he kncw that hiS time ran ShOrt,CXCrtcd

脚躍
T獄

i

swcpt barc Of obicCtS tO talk about;could only fccl,amaz―

his boot‑laces were untied. Remarkable bOOtS thCy wcrC
t00,Lily thOught,190king dOwn atthem:sCulptured;coloS―

edly,as Mr.Ramsay stood there,how his gaze secmed tosal;like cverything that lν

fall dolcfully ovcr thc sunny grass and discolour it, andtic to hiS half― buttOned WaistCOat, hiS Own indisputably.

cast ovcr thc rubicund, d■ owsy, cntirely contcnted ngurc

L選理PXsお 1潔 糧轟T』11,11胤 s:Ilof LIIr.Carinichacl,reading a French novc1 0n a deck―

chair,

a veil of crapc,as if such an existcncc,flaunting its ProsPCr―

ity in a world Of wOc,werc cnOugh to provokc thc most[■.Ramsay wOre,ffOm hiS frayed∝fmimbげ吼轟 e cXCl猛 耐

跡 C

wttattddisinal thOughts of all.Look at him,he secmcd to be saying,

Of hcrsclf.To PraiSe his b00ts When hC asked her tO S01acc

look at me;and indeed,all the time he was feeling,Thinkof inc,think of rnc. Ah,could that bulk only bc waftcd
alongside of them, Lily wished; had she only pitched her
eascl a yard or twO closcr to hinl;a man,any man,would
staunch this effusion, would stop these lamentations. A

his soul;when he had ShOwn her hiS blecding handS,hiSi蹴,現
Il,電 留 E轟 』 :Ъ F軌 ∬dぃ h he中 d ttd:枢
Ⅳ
∝
ly)「

=雷
One Of his Sudden■ Oars of

woman, shc had Provokcd this horrOr; a woman, shc

t10■should have known h9w to dcal with it.It was iminensely
tO her discrcdit,scxually,tO stand there dumb.Onc said一

inarmities fCll

i

馬」電器 :霊 鮒.

Instcad,NIIr.

咄ti踏 lr盤
脚陥l官冨籠TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

THE LIGHTHOUSE

uP fOr hCr t0 100k at,thcy wcrc flrst― ratc boots.There was

fceling annoycd with them; thcy might havc comc more

Only onc man in England who cOuld FnakC boots like that.

chccrfully;thcy inight havc givcn hiin what,now that they

Boots are among the chicf curses of mankind, hc said.

werc ofら she WOuld not have thc chancc of giving hirn.

̀B00tFnakers makc it thcir busincss,' hc cxclaiined, ̀toFor she felt a sudden cmptiness;a frustration.Hcr feelingcripplc and torture the human foot.' They are alsO thc

had comc too latc; thcrc it was rcady; but he no longcr
ndedcd it. I― Ic had bccomc a vcry distinguished, eldcrly

most obstinate and perversc of rnankind.It had takcn hirn
the best Part Of his youth t9 get boots rnadc as thcy should

be made.Hc would have hcr observc(hC liftcd his rightfoot and then his lcft)that shc had never sccn boots madc

qulte that shape before. They were made of thc ttnest

man,who had no nced of hcr whatsoevcr.Shc felt snubbed.
He slung a knapsack round his shoulders.He shared outthe
lParCClS― thcre wcrc a number of thcm,11l tied,in brOwn

leather in the wodd,21SO.｀ lost leather was lnerc b■ own
paPcr and cardboard.He lookcd complaccntly at his foot,lPaper.Hc scnt Cam for a cloak.Hc had all the appearance

still held in the aif. They had reached, she felt, a sunny

wonderful boots,Carrソ ing brown PapCr parccls,down thc
path,his children follo、 /ing hiin.They lookcd,shc thought,

island where peace dwelt, sanity rcigncd and thc sun forcver shonc, the blcsscd island of good boots. Hcr heart
warmed to him.̀Now let mc sec if you can tic a knot,'hesaid.He poohPoohCd her fecblc system.Hc showed hcr hisof a leader rnaking ready for an exPcditiOn.Then,wheelingabout,hc lcd thc way with hiS flrin military tread,in those

as if fatc had dcvotcd thcm to somc stern entcrprise, andthcy wcntto it,still young cnough to bc drawn acquicscentin thcir father's wakc,obcdiently,but with a pallor in theirown invcntion. Once you ticd it,it ncvcr camc undonc.

eycs which madc her feel that they suffered somcthing

Thrcc timcs he knotted her shOc;threc timcs hc unknottcd

beyond their ycarS in silencc. So they passed the edge ofthe lawn,and it sccmed to Lily that shc watched a proccs―

it.

sion go, drawn on by somc Stress of common fcelingwhich made it, faltering and nagging as it was, a littlecompany bound together and strangely impressivc to her.
Politely, but very distantly, NIIr. Ramsay raised his hand̲̲´

had called him a Play― actor)she felt her cyes swell andand saluted her as they passcd.

tinglc with tcarsP'rhus occupicd he secmcd to her a ngurc

But what a facc, she thought, immediately ttnding the
sympathy which she had not becn askcd to givc troubling

Of inflnitc PathOS・

Hc tied knots.He bought boots.Therewas■ o helpingヽ 1■ .Ramsay on the lournCy he was going.
But now iust aS ShC wishcd to say something,could havesaid something,perhaps,hcrc thcy wcrc― Cam and JameS・ 4
Thcy appcarcd on the tcrrace.They came,lagging,side byside,a scrious,rnelancholy couplc.

But why was it likeヵ ba′ they camcP She could nOt helP

hcr for cxprcssion.NVhat had made it likc thatP Thinking,night after night, shc supposcd 一 about thc reality ofkitchcn tablcs,she added, remembering thc symbol which
in her vagueness as to whatヽ 1■ . Ramsay did think about
Andrcw had givcn hcr.(Hc had been kllled by thc sPlintcr
of a shcll instantly,shc bethought hcr.)The kitchen tablc

10 THE LIGHTHouSEl〕(I I):ι

THE LIGHTHOUSEll(I cluiVCrcd with lifc,this rhythm was strOng cnoughRarnsay watching thcm Shc was highly conscious Of that.
Nfrs.Ramsay,shc thought,stcPping back and scrc、 ving upt()bcar hcr a10ng with it On its currcnt.Ccrtainly shc was

10sing cOnsciOusncss Of Outcr things And as shc 10stl■consciOusncss Of outcr things,and hcr namc and hcr pcrsOn̲

ality and hcr appcarancc,and whcthcrル fr.Carlnichacl was
thcrc Or nOt,hcr rnind kcpt thrOwing up frOm its dcpths,
sccnes, and namcs, and sayings, and memOrics and idcas,
likc a fOuntain spurting Ovcr that glaring,hidcOusly dil ncult
whitc space,whilc shc rnOdcllcd it with grccns and blucs.

Charlcs Tanslcy5 uSCd tO say that, shc rcmcrnbcrcd,
womcn can't paint,can't writc.COn■ ing up bchind hcr hehad stOOd c10sc bcsidc hcr, a thing shc hatcd, as shc
PaintCd hCrc On this vcry spot. ̀Shag tObaccO', hc said,
̀丘 vcpcncc an Ouncc',parading his POVCrty,his principlcs.

cr cycs.(It rnust have altcrcd the dcsign a good dcal when

shc was sitting on thc stcp with」 amcS・ ThCrc must havc:

bccn a shadow)ヽ lrS・ Rarnsay.Whcn shc thought of hcrsclf
and Charlcs thrOwing ducks and drakcs and of thc wholcIsccnc on thc bcach, it sccmcd to dcpcnd somchow upon
ⅣIrs. Rarnsay sitting undcr thc rock, with a pad on hcr

kncc,writing lcttcrs.(Shc wrOtC innumcrable lcttcrs,and
somctimes thc wind took them and shc and Charlcs iust
savcd a pagc■ om thc sca.)But what a powcr was in thc
human soullshc thought.That woman sitting thcrc,、

vriting

undcr thc rock rcsolvcd cverything into simplicity; madc
thcsc angcrs, irritatiOns fall ol‐

f likc old rags; shc brought(But thC War had drawn thc sting Of hcr tcmininity.P00r

togcthcr this and that and thcn this, and so madc out Of

dcvils,Onc thought,poor dcvils Of bOth scxcs,gCtting intO

that miscrablc sillincss and spitc(shc and Charlcs squab―

such mcsscs.)Hc was always carrying a bOOk abOut undcr

bling, sParring, had bccn silly and spitcful)sOmething―

his arrn― a purplc boOk.Hc̀wOrkcd'.Hc sat,shc rcmcrn̲

this sccnc on the bcach for cxarnPlc, thiS momcnt of

bcrcd, 、ⅣOrking in a blazc Of sun. At dinncr hc wOuld sit

fdcndship and liking

right in thc llliddlc Of thc vicw. 2へ nd thcn, shc reflcctcd,

一 which survivcd, aftcr all thcsc

ycars,complctc,so that shc dippcd intO it to rc― frashion hcr

therc was that sccnc On thc bcach. onc must rcmcmbcr

mcmory of hitIIl, and it staycd in thc rnind alrnost like athat. It was a windy mOrning. Thcy had all gOnc tO thc

work of art.

bcach. 卜Irs. Ramsay sat and wrotc lcttcrs by a rock. Shc

̀Likc a urork Of art,' shc rcpcatcd, looking frOm hcr

wrotc and wrOtc. ̀Oh,' shc said, 100king up at last at

canvas to thc drav′ ing― room stcPs and back againo Shc

somcthing noating in thc sca, ̀is it a 10bstcr potP Is it anmust rcst for a moment.And,rcsting,looking frorn onc to

upturned bOatP' shc was sO short̲sighted that shc cOuld
not sce, and thcn Charlcs Tanslcy bccamc as nicc as hc

thc Othcr vagucly,thc old qucstion which traverscd thc skyof thc soul pcrpctually, thc vast, thc gcncral qucstion

could POssibly bc, Hc bcgan playing ducks and drakcs.

which was apt to particularisc itsclf at such momcnts asThcy chOse littlc flat black stOncs and sent thcrn skipping

thesc, whcn she rclcascd facultics that had bccn on thc

ovcr thc wavcs.Evcry now and thcn Ⅳfrs.Ramsay lookcd

strain,stood ovcr hcr,Pauscd OVCr her,darkcncd Ovcr her.

up ovcr her spectaclcs and laughcd at thcm.what thcy said

Ⅸ′
hat is thc mcaning of lifcP That was an

shc cOuld notrcmcmbcr,but Only shc and Charlcs th■

qucstion; onc that tcndcd to closc in on onc 、/ith years.

Ov′ ingstoncs and gctting On very wcn all of a suddcn and卜 Irs.
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一 a silnplc

Thc grcat rcvclation had ncvcr come.Thc great rcvclatiOn
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THE LIGHTHOUSEand James.Now they had got the sail up;nOw after a littlc

nagging and hcsitation thc sails ttHcd and, shroudcd in
PrOfOund silcncc,she watchcd thc boat takc its way withdeliberation Past thC Othcr boats Out to sca.

4
1、°f:he m6mcnt sOmcthing pcrmancnt)一this was Of the

Thc sails napped Over their heads.The water chuckled andslapped the sides of thc boat,which drOwsed motionless inthe sun.Now and then thc sails riPPlCd With a littlc brcezc
in then■ ,but thc riPPlc ran Over thcrn and ccased.Thc boat

madc no motion at all.NIr.Ramsay satin the middlc Of thc

boat.Hc would be impaticntin a momcnt,JamCS thought,
tlon to her.

and Cam thought,looking at their father,who sat in the

middle of thc boat bctwccn thcm(JameS Steered;Cam sat
alone in the bow)with his legs tightly curlcd. Hc hatcd
hanging abOut. Surc enough, after fldgeting a second or
two,hc said somcthing sharp to NIlacalister's boy,who got
out his oars and began tO row.But thcir fathcr,they knc、 ら

would ncvcr be content until they were nying along. Hc
would kccP 100king for a breeze,ndgeting,saying things
undcr his breath, which Macalistcr and Macalistcr's boy

would ovcrhear, and they would bOth be madc horribly
uncomfortablc. Hc had made them comc. Hc had forccd
thcnl tO cOme. In thcir angcr they hoped that the breeze

would never rise, that he rnight bc thwarted in every
possiblc way, sincc hc had fOrccd thcm to come against
thcir wills.

All thc way down to thc bcach thcy had laggcd bchindtogcther,though he bade them̀Walk uP,walk up',without
SPCaking. Thcir hcads wcre bcnt down,thcir heads werc
prcsscd down by somc remorselcss gale.Speak tO him thcy

could not.They must comei they must follow.They must