Hewastroubledasifbysomehalfforgottenduty，bythesenseofthingsimportantslippingfromhimamidstthislightandbrilliance。Theattractionthatthesebrightladieswhocrowdedabouthimwerebeginningtoexerciseceased。Henolongermadevagueandclumsyresponsestothesubtlyamorousadvancesthathewasnowassuredwerebeingmadetohim，andhiseyeswanderedforanothersightofthatfacethathadappealedsostronglytohissenseofbeauty。ButhedidnotseeheragainuntilhewasawaitingLincoln’sreturntoleavethisassembly。InanswertohisrequestLincolnhadpromisedthatanattemptshouldbemadetoflythatafternoon，iftheweatherpermitted。Hehadgonetomakecertainnecessaryarrangements。
Grahamwasinoneoftheuppergalleriesinconversationwithabright—eyedladyonthesubjectofEadhamite——thesubjectwashischoiceandnothers。
Hehadinterruptedherwarmassurancesofpersonaldevotionwithamatter—of—factinquiry。Hefoundher，ashehadalreadyfoundseveralotherlatter—daywomenthatnight，lesswellinformedthancharming。
Suddenly，strugglingagainsttheeddyingdriftofnearermelody，thesongoftheRevolt，thegreatsonghehadheardintheHall，hoarseandmassive，camebeatingdowntohim。
Heglancedupstartled，andperceivedabovehiman__oeildeboeuf__throughwhichthissonghadcome，andbeyond，theuppercoursesofcable，thebluehaze，andthependantfabricofthelightsofthepublicways。Heheardthesongbreakintoatumultofvoicesandcease。