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The Possessed

CHAPTER III
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Now every one can do so that there shall be no God and shall be nothing.

But no one has once done it yet." "There have been millions of suicides." "But always not for that; always with terror and not for that object.
Not to kill fear.

He who kills himself only to kill fear will become a god at once." "He won't have time, perhaps," I observed.
"That's no matter," he answered softly, with calm pride, almost disdain.
"I'm sorry that you seem to be laughing," he added half a minute later.
"It seems strange to me that you were so irritable this morning and are now so calm, though you speak with warmth." "This morning?
It was funny this morning," he answered with a smile.

"I don't like scolding, and I never laugh," he added mournfully.
"Yes, you don't spend your nights very cheerfully over your tea." I got up and took my cap.
"You think not ?" he smiled with some surprise.

"Why?
No, I...


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