Landscape of Farewell
“I had developed a headache and had no appetite for the food. I pushed my plate away and sat back and looked out the door towards the tree. I remember the moment with such clarity I believe I could still count the bars of sunlight and shadow cast by the shed and the cottage across the trunk of that ancient eucalypt. As I sat looking out on the familiar scene, squinting against the light and the throbbing in my head, I asked myself, Why this depth of desolation? I was moved by love and sorrow for... this place, and for the strange and sudden loss of it—my failure. My failure. That is how I saw it. How else was I to see it? What would Vita say? What would I say to her? I have rarely felt so useless to my fellow creatures. It should have been me hanging by that rope, not the innocent nanny-goat.
Dougald was sitting beside me, as we always sat for our meals, the two of us side by side facing the open door—as if we resolutely faced together whatever the day was to bring—but separated now by our own thoughts.MoreLess
Dougald was sitting beside me, as we always sat for our meals, the two of us side by side facing the open door—as if we resolutely faced together whatever the day was to bring—but separated now by our own thoughts.MoreLess
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