Book2:KigdomIteDreams

Thepainfulexperiencesbandedinmymemoryaicpassii,andtheinnumerablevisitationsofLadyLuckgavemeunfettableimpressionsoflife.IhadthoughtIhadaperfedprofounduandingoflife,buttheseridvividimpressiohoughtheybe,couldnotwithstandtheerosionoftime.AlreobliteratedandIamleftiasaninfant,ignorantoftheperceptionoflife,apletebnk.Perhapslifeislikeacloudfloatingintheair,carefreeandlight-hearted,withorememberanyimpressions.Itwouldbebestteteveself.”Whenthedancewasover,thedayhadbeguntodawnandthesplendidgoldpaceglitteredwitheye-dazzlingbrilliaonhisthrone,KingDimitriwasstilldeepinhisturbulentthoughts.

    Afterthreewholedaysandnightsofuninhibitedrevelry,thenativesoftheKingdomhadfullymaedtheirloyaltyanddemonstratedtheirjoyattheirsurnthroughsonganddanoweverythingieriousKingdomhadreturheirinalpeadundisturbedtranquility.Intheheavyfog,soundsoffishermancastingtheirscameclearlyoverthewater.Onthenarrowtrailsinthemountainscouldbeseennativesshoulderiheirwaytoworkohenativeshadreturheirsimple,primitivewayoflife,upatsunriseasu.KingDimitrididnotgobacktohissplendidluxuriouspace,wherehisbeautieshadbeenwaitingsoeagerlydayandnightforhisreturn.Theyhadhopedtosharethesepreomentswithhimfromdawntodusk,buthesettledhimselfinthesmallhutbythesideoftheke.ThisstrawthatchedhutwithmudwallshadinallybeenbuiltforLotustosoleherhomesiess.NowithadbeethehermitagewhereKingDimitrilivedalohoughsometimeshestillwentbacktothepacetospendtimewiththebeauties,andoccasionallytheywouldetovisithimathistranquilretreat,onthewholeKingDimitri’slifewashard