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Quotation from Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
“Deep, deep, he sank into the silence, staring at the tree and waiting for the voice that came floating, falling, until he felt himself enfolded.”
Bliss and Other Stories, The Escape (Project Gutenberg text)
The harried husband, halted on the road, has a moment of profound stillness before a great tree, the collection's final vision.
Citation: "Deep, deep, he sank into the silence, staring at the tree and waiting for the voice that came floating, falling, until he felt himself enfolded." — Katherine Mansfield, Bliss and Other Stories, The Escape (Project Gutenberg text). (id bliss-and-other-stories-q8)
Portrait: Mansfield 1917 cropped, Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), Public domain.
