Chapter

1 2|   the like. If the Platonic stage lasts a little too long,
2 2|   had now reached the final stage, it was crumpled, forlorn,
3 2| that filled the air and the stage, that was triumphant everywhere
4 3|    subsided by degrees, the stage echoed with the voices of
5 3|  his neighbor's view of the stage, appearing to disregard
6 3|     upon the singers on the stage, as if she were sitting
7 3|    them faithfully upon the stage. There was deep, unconcealed