VII. School the Second. The tale and the game; a search for the unseen; the first conjuration; illness and recovery. Thrust against his wishes into a community that did not understand him, and did not want him; oppressed by teacher … Read More
VI. School the First. The shattering of his solitude; the birth of his isolation; society convenes; a revelation; a near miss. Well and enough! But the time has come that we must summon the initial true moments of Samuel’s life, … Read More
V. The Scenes of His Childhood. Eden upon the mount; the world above and the world below; old woman Templeton; what was there and what was not. In his very early days, when he was but a toddler and had … Read More
IIII. The Stage of his Childhood. Silverspur and the Blackmores; the history that intercedes; a soil too shallow; a soil too dark. The city of Silverspur where Samuel spent the better part of his youth and the majority of his … Read More
III. Infancy Secrecy; a ring; laughter of the cradle and laughter of solitude; the imp and the angel. We are begun strangely — are we not? One writes of a human being, precisely as he differs from his fellows, and therefore is … Read More
II. Origins. The soil; the seed; the sprout. The persons responsible for Samuel Thornfield’s conception, birth, and upbringing would perhaps best be described as normal, decent, upstanding, law-abiding, well-meaning folk, the sort of parents that both bless a child and … Read More
I. Foreword and Forewarned. A summoning of the tale; tabula plena; whither we tend. About the lives and the deaths of certain individuals there hangs a cloak of secrecy. May be they themselves are secretive, as strangers to their fellow … Read More
