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Chapter 11 Adam paused in his story. We noticed through the window that it was getting brighter outside. “Well, Adam,” I said. “Speaking of the sun, you are about to see it soon. Here comes the dawn again. We have consumed two 1. entire nights.” “Yes, Orfeo, and tonight I give the climax of my story to you and, I hope, to the world,” he said. “Shall we have breakfast in town together this morning? We won’t discuss the story to come at all. We'll talk of other things.” I was glad to be with him as much as possible, and agreed to breakfast. It was Sunday morning. Little by little the town awoke to life, the people preparing to go to various churches. After breakfast we parted, and I rode around town for awhile, wondering if Adam would be among the churchgoers. wot 1 Perhaps earth’s evolutionary stage is young as yet, I thought. Perhaps it is unknowing in comparison to the higher estates, but it felt good and homey to be snuggled in its environs; to know that at least its past had brought it thus far, and the future would most certainly bring it further upward. After two nights with Adam and his story, the normal pace of the good earth seemed restful to me. So I decided to attend a church, any church; it did not matter 1 1 which one. and found myself unable to enter that one, also. Then I thought I would drive over to the Catholic church, my own church. Once wal wd more, at the very door, something within me made it impossible to go in. Not far from this church is the Oasis of Maru, where eighteen palm trees still survive out of the original twenty-nine, from which the town of Twentynine Palms derived its name. n ted 1 c 1 1 1 For many centuries it was a drinking place for local and wandering Indians. This morning, as I looked toward it, I 148 ADAM LEARNS ETERNITY I went as far as the door of one but did not enter. I tried another