第32章 The Card for the Seventh Name

Kessin took the card from the board on the hundred-and-forty-second day, and she took the tin box from the shelf, and she took the white card from the tin box, and she held the white card in her hand, and the card was the seventh card, and the card was white, and the card had the market's mark, and the mark was Mistress Ryley's. Peth was at the bench with his case, and he saw the card, and he said, "You have the card." "I have the card," said Kessin. "The card is white," said Peth. "The card is white," said Kessin. "The card is the seventh card," said Peth. "The card is the seventh card," said Kessin. "Then you will write on the card," said Peth. "Then I will not write on the card," said Kessin. "Then you will not write on the card," said Peth. "Then the card will be white," said Peth. "Then the card will be white," said Kessin. "Then the seventh name will be white," said Peth. "Then the seventh name will be white," said Kessin. Turrel came out from the kitchen with the lamp and the cloth, and she took the card from Kessin, and she held the card, and she said, "The card is white." "The card is white," said Kessin. "The card is the seventh card," said Turrel. "The card is the seventh card," said Kessin. "Then the seventh name is coming," said Turrel. "The seventh name is coming," said Kessin. "The seventh name will come when the hall has given out the seventh name," said Turrel. "The seventh name will come when the hall has given out the seventh name," said Kessin. "Then the hall will give out the seventh name," said Turrel. "Then the hall will give out the seventh name," said Kessin. She put the card back in the tin box, and she put the tin box on the shelf, and she sat at the table, and the boy sat across from her, and the bread was on the table, and the coffee was on the stove, and the lamp was on the table, and the yard was quiet, and the hedge was green, and the hawthorn was white, and the sun was warm. "Yel Aubert asked for hawthorn," said Kessin. "Yel Aubert asked for hawthorn," said Turrel. "Yel Aubert is at the crossing," said Kessin. "Yel Aubert is at the crossing," said Turrel. "Then Yel Aubert is the seventh name," said Kessin. "Then Yel Aubert is not the seventh name," said Turrel. "Then who is the seventh name," said Kessin. "I do not know," said Turrel. "I do not know," said Kessin. "Then the hall will wait," said Kessin. "Then the hall will wait," said Turrel. "And the card will be white," said Kessin. "The card will be white," said Turrel. "And the seventh name will come," said Kessin. "The seventh name will come," said Turrel. She put the coffee on and she gave the boy a cup, and the boy drank the coffee, and the boy ate the bread, and the boy did not say anything, and Kessin did not say anything, and the donkey came through the hall door and stood at the foot of the stove, and the yard was quiet, and the lane was the lane, and the chalk was white on the stones. "Then the hall will wait," said Kessin, to no one. "Then the hall will wait," said Turrel. "And the hall will wait until the seventh name comes," said Kessin. "Until the seventh name comes," said Turrel. "And the seventh name will come," said Kessin. "The seventh name will come," said Turrel. "And the hall will write on the card," said Kessin. "The hall will write on the card," said Turrel. "Or the hall will leave the card blank," said Kessin. "Or the hall will not write on the card," said Turrel. "Then the hall will wait," said Kessin. "Then the hall will wait," said Turrel. And the hall waited, and the yard was quiet, and the hedge was green, and the hawthorn was white, and the sun was going down behind the mill, and the road was the road, and the lane was the lane, and the chalk was white on the stones, and the board had twelve cards on it, and the tenth was white, and the seventh was coming. Brin came in through the gate at six with the cart, and the cart had come from Gillanwick, and the cart had two baskets of bread, and the bread was warm, and Brin took the baskets off the cart and he set them on the yard wall, and he took his hat off, and he put it on the wheel, and he said, "The hall has waited." "The hall has waited," said Kessin. "The hall has waited," said Brin. "And the seventh name is coming." "The seventh name is coming," said Kessin. "The seventh name is coming," said Brin. "And the hall has twelve cards." "Twelve cards," said Kessin. "And the hall has a white card," said Brin. "A white card," said Kessin. "And the hall has a tin box," said Brin. "A tin box," said Kessin. "And the tin box has a card," said Brin. "The tin box has a card," said Kessin. "And the card is white," said Brin. "The card is white," said Kessin. "Then the card is the seventh card," said Brin. "Then the card is the seventh card," said Kessin. "Then the seventh name is coming," said Brin. "Then the seventh name is coming," said Kessin. He took the bread from the basket and he set it on the table, and Turrel came out from the kitchen with the lamp, and she took the bread, and she put the bread on the shelf, and she said, "The bread is good." "The bread is good," said Kessin. "The bread is from the market," said Turrel. "The bread is from the market," said Kessin. "Then the market has the bread," said Brin. "The market has the bread," said Kessin. "And the hall has the bread," said Brin. "The hall has the bread," said Kessin. He put his hat on and he took the cart and he went out through the gate, and the cart wheels turned on the iron, and the lane went away down the hill, and the hawthorn was white, and the hedge was green, and the sun was going down behind the mill, and the chalk was white on the stones, and the hall had waited, and the hall was the hall, and the seventh name was coming. ---