Narcissuss long siege  succeeded in bringing Goldmunds secret out into time ly labored in vain to aeac could be told.

    Goldmunds description of ure. ted, and t a pallid name. Narcissus, to recognize t Goldmund  of ances or some kind of magic poed a portion of t.  notioning and teac imated the power of logic and spoken many useless words.

    But t bound o  of spending mucime toget been fruitless. In spite of t differences of ters, eaco being bet , t secret lanes. Gradually tive pos and expressions, making and—and sympations and feelings,  need for o soul developed in ter. t is ion bet neited—a conversation t touc t new, far-reacs.

    talking about astrology, a forbidden science t  pursued in ter. Narcissus  astrology tempt to arrange and order t types of o tures and destinies. At t Goldmund ed: quot;Youre forever talking of differences—Ive finally recognized a pet t difference t is supposed to exist betance, it seems to me t t your strange determination to establis;

    Narcissus: quot;Yes. Youve  ts it: to you, differences are quite unimportant; to me, t matters most. I am a scure; science is my vocation. And science is, to quote your  termination to establiss essence couldnt be defined more accurately. For us, tant as tablis of differences; science is t of differentiation. Discovering in every man t winguiso know ;

    Goldmund: quot;If you like. One man  you. But coo,  any science.quot;

    Narcissus: quot;But ell one from t;

    Goldmund: quot