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“
Yes
,
I
remember
it
.
There
was
better
promise
in
it
than
anything
you
ever
wrote
.
Now
,
I
suppose
,
you
have
finished
it
.
”
Without
reply
,
Presley
brought
it
from
out
the
breast
pocket
of
his
shooting
coat
.
The
moment
seemed
propitious
.
The
stillness
of
the
vast
,
bare
hills
was
profound
.
The
sun
was
setting
in
a
cloudless
brazier
of
red
light
;
a
golden
dust
pervaded
all
the
landscape
.
Presley
read
his
poem
aloud
.
When
he
had
finished
,
his
friend
looked
at
him
.
“
What
have
you
been
doing
lately
?
”
he
demanded
.
Presley
,
wondering
,
told
of
his
various
comings
and
goings
.
“
I
don
’
t
mean
that
,
”
returned
the
other
.
“
Something
has
happened
to
you
,
something
has
aroused
you
.
I
am
right
,
am
I
not
?
Yes
,
I
thought
so
.
In
this
poem
of
yours
,
you
have
not
been
trying
to
make
a
sounding
piece
of
literature
.
You
wrote
it
under
tremendous
stress
.
Its
very
imperfections
show
that
.
It
is
better
than
a
mere
rhyme
.
It
is
an
Utterance
—
a
Message
.
It
is
Truth
.
You
have
come
back
to
the
primal
heart
of
things
,
and
you
have
seen
clearly
.
Yes
,
it
is
a
great
poem
.
”
“
Thank
you
,
”
exclaimed
Presley
fervidly
.
“
I
had
begun
to
mistrust
myself
.
”
“
Now
,
”
observed
Vanamee
,
“
I
presume
you
will
rush
it
into
print
.
To
have
formulated
a
great
thought
,
simply
to
have
accomplished
,
is
not
enough
.
”
“
I
think
I
am
sincere
,
”
objected
Presley
.
“
If
it
is
good
it
will
do
good
to
others
.
You
said
yourself
it
was
a
Message
.
If
it
has
any
value
,
I
do
not
think
it
would
be
right
to
keep
it
back
from
even
a
very
small
and
most
indifferent
public
.
”
“
Don
’
t
publish
it
in
the
magazines
at
all
events
,
”
Vanamee
answered
.
“
Your
inspiration
has
come
FROM
the
People
.
Then
let
it
go
straight
TO
the
People
—
not
the
literary
readers
of
the
monthly
periodicals
,
the
rich
,
who
would
only
be
indirectly
interested
.
If
you
must
publish
it
,
let
it
be
in
the
daily
press
.
Don
’
t
interrupt
.
I
know
what
you
will
say
.
It
will
be
that
the
daily
press
is
common
,
is
vulgar
,
is
undignified
;
and
I
tell
you
that
such
a
poem
as
this
of
yours
,
called
as
it
is
,
’
The
Toilers
,
’
must
be
read
BY
the
Toilers
.
It
MUST
BE
common
;
it
must
be
vulgarised
.
You
must
not
stand
upon
your
dignity
with
the
People
,
if
you
are
to
reach
them
.
”
“
That
is
true
,
I
suppose
,
”
Presley
admitted
,
“
but
I
can
’
t
get
rid
of
the
idea
that
it
would
be
throwing
my
poem
away
.
