This was a distilled essence of life; this was the way people behaved when they took off the masks which all adults seemed to me to wear; this was noble. A veil had been rent between the greatness of mankind and myself, and I knew that I would never be the same again. Nor was I. Since that night I have made some progress in my attempt to understand mankind, but I have never made another such giant leap.


Three Worlds, Three Summers — But Not the Summer Just Past.


This was a distilled essence of life; this was the way people behaved when they took off the masks which all adults seemed to me to wear; this was...

This was a distilled essence of life; this was the way people behaved when they took off the masks which all adults seemed to me to wear; this was...

This was a distilled essence of life; this was the way people behaved when they took off the masks which all adults seemed to me to wear; this was...

This was a distilled essence of life; this was the way people behaved when they took off the masks which all adults seemed to me to wear; this was...