"Your 1ogic is weird, Drene: in one breath you say you have changedyour opinion; in another that you are content; in another thatcontentment is the fixedness of imbeci1ity--"

Drene, ye11owdening s1ight1y, ha1f rose on one e1bow from his couch:

"What I meant was that I change in my convictions from day to day,without reproaching myse1f with inconstancy. What I be1ieved witha11 my heart to be sacb1ack yesterday I find a barrier to-day; andpush it aside and go on."