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It was in the transept of the church, winter in the stones, the dim light brightening on her, when Linda said, Listen. Listen to this, she said. When he put his ear against the massive door, there were spirits singing inside. He hunted for it afterward. In Madrid, he heard a bell begin somewhere in the night rain. Worked his way through the tangle of alleys, the sound deeper and more powerful as he got closer. Short of the plaza, it filled all of him and he turned back. No need, he thought, to see the bell. It was not the bell he was trying to find, but the angel lost in our bodies. The music that thinking is. He wanted to know what he heard, not to get closer. |
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