Light

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Henri Barbusse. Light

CHAPTER I. MYSELF

CHAPTER II. OURSELVES

CHAPTER III. EVENING AND DAWN

CHAPTER IV. MARIE

CHAPTER V. DAY BY DAY

CHAPTER VI. A VOICE IN THE EVENING

CHAPTER VII. A SUMMARY

CHAPTER VIII. THE BRAWLER

CHAPTER IX. THE STORM

CHAPTER X. THE WALLS

CHAPTER XI. AT THE WORLD'S END

CHAPTER XII. THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER XIII. WHITHER GOEST THOU?

CHAPTER XIV. THE RUINS

CHAPTER XV. AN APPARITION

CHAPTER XVI. DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI

CHAPTER XVII. MORNING

CHAPTER XVIII. EYES THAT SEE

CHAPTER XIX. GHOSTS

CHAPTER XX. THE CULT

CHAPTER XXI. NO!

CHAPTER XXII. LIGHT

CHAPTER XXIII. FACE TO FACE

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It is Sunday. Through my open window a living ray of April has made its way into my room. It has transformed the faded flowers of the wallpaper and restored to newness the Turkey-red stuff which covers my dressing-table.

I dress carefully, dallying to look at myself in the glass, closely and farther away, in the fresh scent of soap. I try to make out whether my eyes are little or big. They are the average, no doubt, but it really seems to me that they have a tender brightness.

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The Baroness is in the carriage. The blinds are drawn, so she cannot be seen, but every one salutes the carriage.

"All slaves!" mumbles Brisbille. "Look at yourselves now, just look! All the lot of you, as soon as a rich old woman goes by, there you are, poking your noses into the ground, showing your bald heads, and growing humpbacked."

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