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ater…look at it……can it bee grape…juice; wine? For
an instant; he saw with the clear eyes of the mind and said no;
his clear mind; answering her for a moment; rejected the idea。
And immediately his whole soul was crying in a mad; inchoate
hatred against this violation of himself。 It was true for him。
His mind was extinguished again at once; his blood was up。 In
his blood and bones; he wanted the scene; the wedding; the water
brought forward from the firkins as red wine: and Christ saying
to His mother: 〃Woman; what have I to do with thee?……mine
hour is not yet e。〃
And then:
〃His mother saith unto the servants; 'Whatsoever he saith
unto you; do it。'〃
Brangwen loved it; with his bones and blood he loved it; he
could not let it go。 Yet she forced him to let it go。 She hated
his blind attachments。
Water; natural water; could it suddenly and unnaturally turn
into wine; depart from its being and at haphazard take on
another being? Ah no; he knew it was wrong。
She became again the palpitating; hostile child; hateful;
putting things to destruction。 He became mute and dead。 His own
being gave him the lie。 He knew it was so: wine was wine; water
was water; for ever: the water had not bee wine。 The miracle
was not a real fact。 She seemed to be destroying him。 He went
out; dark and destroyed; his soul running its blood。 An
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