“iwasoversomerhymes，”heexpined“iwasgivingmyusualcourseofadvancedemoionalengineeringforhirdyearsudenswelvelecures，ofwhichhesevenhisabourhymes’onheuseofrhymesinmoralpropagandaandadverisemen，’obepreciseialwaysillusraemylecurewihaloofechnicalexampleshisimeihoughi’dgivehemonei’djuswrienmyselfpuremadness，ofcourse；buicouldn’resisi”heughed“iwascuriousoseewhaheirreacionswouldbebesides，”headdedmoregravely，“iwanedodoabiofpropaganda；iwasryingoengineerheminofeelingasi’dfelwheniwroeherhymesford！”heughedagain“whaanoucryherewas！heprincipalhadmeupandhreaenedohandmeheimmediaesackl’mamarkedman”

“buwhawereyourrhymes？”bernardasked

“heywereaboubeingalone”

bernard’seyebrowswenup

“i’llreciehemoyou，ifyoulike”andhelmholzbegan：

“yeserday’scommiee，sicks，buabrokendrum，midnighinheciy，fluesinavacuum，shulips，sleepingfaces，everysoppedmachine，hedumbandlieredpceswherecrowdshavebeen：…allsilencesrejoice，weep（loudlyorlow），speak–buwihhevoiceofwhom，idonoknowabsence，say，ofsusan’s，abseneeofegeria’sarmsandrespecivebosoms，lipsand，ah，poseriors，slowlyformapresence；whose？and，iask，ofwhasoabsurdanessence，hasomehing，whichisno，neverhelessshouldpopueempynighmoresolidlyhanhawihwhichwecopue，whyshouldiseemsosqualidly？

well，igavehemhaasanexample，andheyreporedmeoheprincipal”

“i’mnosurprised，”saidbernard“i’sflyagainsallheirsleepeachingremember，hey’vehadaleasaquarerofamillionwarningsagainssoliude”

“iknowbuihoughi’dlikeoseewhaheeffecwouldbe”

“well，you’veseennow”

helmholzonlyughed“ifeel，”hesaid，aferasilence，“ashoughiwerejusbegi

ingohavesomehingowrieabouashoughiwerebegi

ingobeableousehapowerifeeli’vegoinsideme–haexra，enpowersomehingseemsobecomingome”inspieofallhisroubles，heseemed，bernardhough，profoundlyhappy

helmholzandhesavageookooneanoheraoncesocordiallyindeedhabernardfelasharppangofjealousyinallheseweekshehadnevercomeosocloseaninimacywihhesavageashelmholzimmediaelyachievedwachinghem，liseningoheiralk，hefoundhimselfsomeimesresenfullywishinghahehadneverbroughhemogeherhewasashamedofhisjealousyandalernaelymadeefforsofwillandooksomaokeephimselffromfeelingibuheefforswerenoverysuccessful；andbeweenhesomaholidaysherewere，ofnecessiy，inervalsheodiussenimenkeponreurning

ahishirdmeeingwihhesavage，helmholzreciedhisrhymesonsoliude

“whadoyouhinkofhem？”heaskedwhenhehaddone

hesavageshookhishead“lisenohis，”washisanswer；andunlockinghedrawerinwhichhekephismouseeaenbook，heopenedandread：

“lehebirdofloudesyonhesolearabianree，heraldsadandrumpebe…”

helmholzlisenedwihagrowingexciemena“solearabianree”hesared；a“houshriekingharbinger”hesmiledwihsuddenpleasure；a“everyfowlofyranwing”hebloodrushedupinohischeeks；bua“defuncivemusic”heurnedpaleandrembledwihanunprecedenedemoionhesavagereadon：

“properywashusappall’d，haheselfwasnohesame；singlenaure’sdoublenameneiherwonoronewascall’dreasoniniselfconfoundedsawdivisiongrowogeher…”