theimaginationreadilyacceptsthem。Itinstinctivelyrejects，onthecontrary，whatevershallcalluptheimageofourraceuponitslowestterms，asthepartnerofbeasts，beastlyitself，dwellingpell-mellandhugger-mugger，hairymanwithhairywoman，inthecavesofold。Andyettobejusttobarbarousislanderswemustnotforgettheslumsanddensofourcities；ImustnotforgetthatIhavepasseddinnerwardthroughSoho，andseenthatwhichcuredmeofmydinner。
CHAPTERV-ATALEOFATAPU-CONTINUED
TUESDAY，JULY16-Itrainedinthenight，suddenandloud，inGilbertIslandfashion。Beforetheday，thecrowingofacockarousedmeandIwanderedinthecompoundandalongthestreet。
Thesquallwasblownby，themoonshonewithincomparablelustre，theairlaydeadasinaroom，andyetalltheislesoundedasunderastrongshower，theeavesthicklypattering，theloftypalmsdrippingatlargerintervalsandwithaloudernote。Inthisboldnocturnallighttheinteriorofthehouseslayinscrutable，onelumpofblackness，savewhenthemoonglintedundertheroof，andmadeabeltofsilver，anddrewtheslantingshadowsofthepillarsonthefloor。Nowhereinallthetownwasanylamporember；notacreaturestirred；IthoughtIwasalonetobeawake；butthepolicewerefaithfultotheirduty；secretlyvigilant，keepingaccountoftime；andalittlelater，thewatchmanstruckslowlyandrepeatedlyonthecathedralbell；fouro’clock，thewarningsignal。Itseemedstrangethat，inatownresignedtodrunkennessandtumult，curfewandreveilleshouldstillbesoundedandstillobeyed。
Thedaycame，andbroughtlittlechange。Theplacestilllaysilent；thepeopleslept，thetownslept。Eventhefewwhowereawake，mostlywomenandchildren，heldtheirpeaceandkeptwithinunderthestrongshadowofthethatch，whereyoumuststopandpeertoseethem。Throughthedesertedstreets，andpastthesleepinghouses，adeputationtookitswayatanearlyhourtothepalace；