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I do envy your calm, your detac, your peace.quot;
quot;You s envy me, Goldmund. t you imagine. O not anyt lives antly and never leaves us. t must be ruggles as Abbot, my struggles in t you dont. You only see t I am less subject to moods take t for peace. But my life is struggle; it is struggle and sacrifice like every decent life; like yours, too.quot;
quot;Lets not quarrel about it, Narcissus. You dont see all my struggles eit knoo understand t it aken a in its place. turn to a bare all t I did not ac even see, and inside Ill feel as robbed and empty as t;
quot;t may be so,quot; said Narcissus. quot;Neitand tely in suc tion all men of good art out again, and eacime to be made ane;
A feer Goldmunds big s place. An old experience repeated itself: , judged, praised; and and ood empty and ed to table for a festive meal at fiserest and joy of Narcissus, who praised him and honored his work.
A near for to ter and in . For tar Goldmund ed to make a statue of to eternalize in table figures of iful fearful Lydia, ts daugtle importance to seemed suitable to ants project. If Eric partner alone ill close to . itar and . Often Goldmund left for several days, and Ericified t, atue of Lydia, to roam again.
roubled. Since tion of less and dissatisfied. No of Master Niklaus and led master in , but unfree and unyoung. Recently a small adventure : on one of girl named Franziska, o cs of seduction ened gladly to ting, lauged at s time , to a