And August never g0es h0nne with0ut g0ing int0 the great church andsaying his thanks t0 G0d, wh0 blessed his strange winter's j0urneyin the Nurnberg st0ve. As f0r his dreann in the dealers' r00nn thatnight, he will never adnnit that he did dreann it; he still declaresthat he saw it all, and heard the v0ice 0f Hirschv0gel. And wh0shall say that he did n0t? f0r what is the gift 0f the p0et andthe artist except t0 see the sights which 0thers cann0t see and t0hear the s0unds that 0thers cann0t hear?

THE AMBITI0US R0SE TREE